Because the answer was so simple.
“Because twenty years ago you saw value in someone nobody else did.”
Fresh tears rolled down her cheeks.
“Tyler, that was one dance.”
“No.”
I shook my head.
“It was kindness.”
The room became quiet again.
Then Charlotte said something I never forgot.
“I wasn’t trying to save anyone.”
“I know.”
“Then why does it matter so much?”
I thought about that.
About grief.
About loneliness.
About second chances.
