Chapter 6
For two days, Leo lingered in his apartment, refusing to even travel downstairs to get the mail. The thought of leaving was too much to bear. Having torn open the never quite healed wound he wanted to keep the world shut out, grappling with what he had done. He let Caleb in, bared his soul, and wasn’t entirely sure how he felt about the whole ordeal. On one hand, it was nice to finally open up and let the festering pain free. But on the other, well…it was hard for him to put it into words, the way it made him feel. What if Caleb left him, decided he wasn’t able to deal with Leo’s insecurities? That was perhaps the hardest thing to deal with, the worry that Caleb would walk away.
So many others had.
They had given up on him, threw their hands up in frustration, and walked out o
