I SAID YES TO PROM AS A FAVOR—BUT HE TURNED OUT TO BE THE ONE WHO SAVED ME
It was supposed to be simple. Just a small yes to make his night. Devin had been quietly sitting in the back of our history class for three years, never saying much, always doodling in the margins of his notebook. When he asked me to prom—with his hands shaking and a folded-up note he could…