I LOVE YOU

I didn't think twice. I answered with every piece of my soul:

"Always 18."

He stood up and walked toward me slowly, with that lost look that seemed more adrift than I'd ever been since the day I was born. He leaned against the stair railing and crossed his arms.

"What was the craziest thing you did when you turned eighteen?" he asked.

I smiled and answered without hesitation, brushing my hair aside to show him:

"This tattoo."

Yes, it was the King of Hearts—done for him. I'd ...