Chapter 15 - The Scars of a HeroLeo's scars remained.
Some were raised.
Some were pale.
Some disappeared beneath his clothing.
But he refused to hide them.
At school, another child once asked:
“What happened to you?”
Leo smiled.
“I saved my sister.”
The child stared.
“Really?”
Leo nodded.
“Yeah.”
Then he ran onto the playground.
Elaine watched from a distance.
His body carried the evidence of that terrible day.
But his spirit carried something else.
Pride.
Courage.
Love.
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He wasn't defined by what happened to him.
He was defined by what he chose to do.
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