I squeezed my eyes shut. I felt like there was a ticking time bomb on my lap. One wrong move and I would've lost everything that mattered. I had to lay it all on the line. I made sure to keep my voice clear but soft, so Hannah was the only one who could hear me. I started spewing things out that I never thought I'd dredge up to another living person.

"When my dad left my mom, like when he walked out on our family, it didn't faze her at all. She acted as if it was no loss to any of us. 'Good riddance' or whatever." My brain...