73. SHARED BEDS

I will honestly say that seeing Brum like that traumatized me. It just showed me how I could not even fathom the way he was so broken inside.

The relationship suddenly seemed so clear. Conri had always been the protector, always been looking out for his cousin. He was all he had, they loved each other very much. At that point it even seemed as if Conri had been playing the father figure. I wondered what the age difference was. At that point they looked as if they were the same age but the way they acted around each other, Conri seemed to be way older.

I kept my cries low, wiping my tears as best as I could but they just kept coming to a point I felt like I would shutter from such hurt and sadness.

Brum cried until he stopped, pulling away from Conri who still pat him, brushing his back. The silence spread, both of them staring at each of their past with it looking back at them. Brum bent over, collecting all the bones ba