**Isa

Rather than being exhausted when we got back home from Portland, I felt lighter. I had been amazed by Callan this weekend. He got along so well with my friends, he handled my father with silent and stern strength and composure, and even if my mom didn’t say anything, I thought he might have had a positive effect on her too.

I was really starting to feel like things were going to be okay now.

Callan was so much more than I ...