||*TREVOR*|| I know walking away from Ariel was a cowardly move, but I needed that space to breathe and just get the voice in my head down a notch. With all the revelation and realizing I had lived that many years in guilt of something that I couldn't have controlled, it was heart wrenching, and I didn't want Desha to see me in that broken state. I had promised Desha I would join her mother to pick her up after school but I knew I couldn't get myself together before then and it would've been bad to have my daughter see me like that. I just couldn't let her see how damaged I was. I had called pastor Austin when I got here because he was my only go to, and the only person whom I know understands me. Talking with him was helpful and he had suggested I go back to Desha and Ariel before