Leo smiled.
“Yeah,” he said. “Absolutely worth it!”
I stood back for a moment, just watching.
The two of them talked as if nothing had changed.
But everything had. Sam wasn’t the kid who got left behind anymore.
And Leo… wasn’t just the kid who cared.
He was the one who acted.
That night, I paused in the hallway before heading to bed.
Leo’s door was slightly open. He was already asleep.
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