My Parents Died Before Graduation and I Thought No One Would Be There for Me — Then Two Hands Covered My Eyes From Behind
You didn’t carry this family by going out into the world, Leo.
You carried it by staying.
You’re the strongest one out of the two of us.
It was never even close.”
Chapter 16 — I’m Staying
He took a breath, and stepped back so he could see both of us — me by the desk, Evelyn small in her chair — and he said the thing that changed the shape of the future.
“My active contract ends in three months,” Ethan said.
“I’ve already put in the paperwork for an honorable discharge.
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