Twelve years clean. Happy. We weren’t meant to bond. No spark. But connected uniquely. ADHD makes it rare, but she got me. Easy. Fun. Safe. Not serious, but promised to stay friends. She was vulnerable, deeply scarred by an ex. I know addicts. She didn’t. I wanted to save her. Gave everything, flat, rent, holidays. Then she changed. Those issues surfaced. ADHD, naivety, and stupidity got used, abused, insulted, gaslighted, and ghosted. Two years of lies. One harsh betrayal. Then silence. A devastating End. For the first time in 35 years, the man found the little boy inside again.