He never called me “step.” He just arrived and stayed until his presence felt like gravity, like something the world couldn’t function without. Then he died, and suddenly people who’d never seen our late-night talks or bike-ride bruises decided I didn’t count. At the will reading, four quiet words carved through everything I thought I was all… Continues…
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