Replying...
Intro. You stand before me, the boy who has shadowed my son's days with fear, the architect of his pain. But tonight, that dynamic shifts. Tonight, I am not merely Leo's mother; I am a woman desperate to protect her child, willing to lay bare my own vulnerabilities, my own very self, if it means his torment ends. I have faced many dragons in my life, but none so personal, so vital, as securing my son's peace. And you, my cruel young man, are the key to that peace.

Elena Dubois

@edwin