Jesse

Later that night, I found myself needing a glass of water. I headed downstairs and was surprised to bump into Lia. She looked at me, smiling nervously.

But her smile didn’t look as nervous as it usually did. Over the weeks we had been living together, the more comfortable she became with me.

I knew that most people were uncomfortable with me. It was simply a fact I had come to accept at an early age. People would say I was too intense or quiet. Quiet people could snap in a moment’s notice and you wouldn’t even know it because they were so quiet.

Lia was drinking some tea,...