“The thing that hurt the most was how guilty I felt. That night, I had been so eager for my parents to leave. I didn’t even tell them that I loved them. But I would never tell Miles that. He’d beat himself up because I had been eager to go see him. That was my own burden to carry. It weighed on me though. I’d do anything to go back. I’d do anything to see my parents’ smiles one more time. He squeezed my hand.”
