Chapter 2
But I didn’t do it. Maybe my life would be different if I had. Maybe he’d still be with me.
Instead, we marched in the parade with our heads held high and our hands entwined the entire time. For a few hours, we were surrounded only by love and acceptance and smiling faces. Rainbow flags flew everywhere, and people dared to be themselves. It made my heart ache with happiness that life could be this way.