Just three words from a man who had already spent nearly two years proving them through his actions…..

“Yep.”

“Why?”

Ray looked genuinely confused by the question.

“Because you were here.”

That was who Ray was.

He didn’t make big speeches.

He didn’t promise things he couldn’t deliver.He just kept being there.

When I nearly failed chemistry, he stayed beside me at the kitchen table until almost midnight.

“You realize you’re making this harder, right?” I joked.

“Probably.”