*Leo*
I had a promise to keep, and I intended to do just that. I did not break my promises to anyone for any reason. Even if it damn near killed me and made me look like a fool. It was something I’d learned as a boy.
I remembered feeling let down all too often by adults who said they’d do something and ended up not doing whatever they’d agreed to do. for a child, even when the word promise wasn’t uttered.
I learned all too soon that any words that came out like a benediction were to placate and prevent begging and hopeful expressions. I learned all too soon that promises could and usually were broken. It was a horrible feeling to be let down in what felt like an astronomical way.
As a child, everything was huge. Nothing seemed small or minute. It all appeared larger than life, especially as a kid on the streets scrounging for every meal and trying to hustle when nobody took me seriously.
