It wasn’t easy. I knew this would happen, but that doesn’t mean it was _easy_. In fact, it was probably the hardest thing I’d had in a decade. He was there, and then he was not.

Alexander portrayed himself as sweet. And, for a while, I would have agreed. However, slowly but surely, he would show signs of manipulativeness, dishonesty and carelessness.

I’ll always remember the promise he made wh...