NOAH’S POV

He attempted to come close, taking slow cautious steps to me. “If you could just let us…”

“Don’t come any close or else I’ll put a bullet through your mouth hole!” I snapped like one possessed, pointing the gun at him, my fingers gripping the handle so tight my knuckles turned white. "Did you watch me grow? Do you have any idea what I endured as a child?" I shouted, throwing the words at him like daggers, each one more vicious than the last.

He shook his head slowly, his expression filled with guilt, regret, and remorse as he stopped in his tracks.

“You weren’t there. None of...