I couldn’t even masturbate without fearing I’d cry out his name and scare the damn dog.

“He backed away from me, clutching the phone to his chest. “What?”“Gimme the pho…”

“I do what I have to do to survive because that’s all I know. I don’t make excus…”

“You’ll forever be a part of me. A world without you in it is a song without the…”

“Who is good and who is bad? Life isn’t black and white, Javier. You and I, we’r…”