The Truth in Leaving

Chapter 100: Leon Has Opinions

The silence on his end was the silence of a man receiving something he'd known was possible but had been holding at a distance.And now hearing it being confirmed was doing things to him that he did not know how to deal with it and was trying to manage it but failing.

"Is she okay?" he asked. His voice had gone quieter. "Just—is she—"

"She's fighting," I said. "She'