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Almighty Mike:

I didn't think, even in my wildest dreams, that I would tell Angel that Mucha About me, or actually mourn the death of my parents into her soft calming blossom while holding onto her like my life depended on it. 

But there I was soaking the hoodie she wore with my eye fluids and making pathetic vulnerable wishes that I had been strong enough to face those men, I'd been strong enough to fight for the people I cared about. 

'Had I known's had never been my thing, but I found myself  imagining what it would have been like if I'd shared my observations with someone when Ma began to hurt herself, I wished I'd helped her seek help before she got tired of it all and ended it. I wished she was still around to meet Angel.

I wish I'd found the last officer that had the bal