let down
hurt lestappen - ch 1 of 4, 7.5k | E
βMax isnβt going to get betterβ Charlesβ mouth felt so dry. βIβm sorry?β βItβll get worse as time goes onβ Dr Frances said calmly. βAge will make it worse. It makes everything worse. Max is a young man now, but he is going to spend the rest of hisΒ lifeΒ like this. Think about two, four, six decades of not standing on your own feet. The body isnβt made for thatβ βWhy are you telling me this?β He whispered. βBecause every appointment, you bring with you a notebook and ask me how it is improving, what needs to be changed, how Max is changing. I am telling you this now so in five years when you are angry with me that nothing has changed yet, you understand. This is Max, Charles. Iβm so sorryβ -- one day I am gonna grow wings / a chemical reaction
ch 2 of 4, 7.5k | E
β. . . Sorryβ Max whispered, leaning in to kiss his cheek but Charles jerked away.Β βNoβ Charles shook his head hard enough to crack his neck. βNo you donβt ever apologise to meβ βOh, donβtβ βNo-β βFuck, Charlie, we are not doing that againβ Max said angrily. βStop itβ
