Chapter 103

Armani's POV If you asked me what the most important thing in my life was, my answer would be simple and summed up in one word. Not money or freedom, but Micah. I would do anything for my brother. He was all that was left of my parents and I didn’t want him to turn out like me. I know that shielding him from everything isn’t the right thing to do. He’s not an idiot. He knew what the world was like for people like us. He learnt that first hand. But if he started to see the see the world through the same eyes as me, he wouldn’t be able to smile like he does now. His innocence would be shattered to pieces. I didn’t want that to happen. He deserved to be a child while he still could. That’s why I try to protect him, because as much as he needs me, I need him too. I need him to keep smiling, because seeing that gives me some glimmer of hope that things might just turn out okay in the end. Hope is such a fickle word. It comes a