Thirty Years: Twenty Eight | The Boy Who Could But Didn't

Thirty Years: Twenty Eight

“For the dawn.”

I was trying to escape. I’d set everything on relocating to Canada, perhaps seeking that feeling of home felt when I’d visited Vancouver years before. I even moved home to save money. Standing on the shores of English Bay in an impromptu birthday holiday, I thought this was where the story would end. But instead I soon found myself stranded. Mother kicked me out of the house and I lived off the charity of friends for several months. And I met a boy. Life doesn’t give you what you’re looking for. It gives you what you need.

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