ANDRE
"Oh, André," Jude laughs and looks at me like I don't know something.
"It's because I have given myself a goal to work towards. To make my grandma proud from wherever she is watching me from. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be here right now.
"I almost did give up. I was this close to letting it go, but someone held my hand and told me to take a single step ahead, despite not seeing where I was going. And another. A day at a time."
"I fear what I will see when the darkness lifts, Jude." I look at the sky, my teary eyes blurring the vision. "I want to say that it's all about Zein, that's why I feel this way, but no, it's bigger than that. I am afraid of life. Even music seems daunting, and it's not reliving anymore.
"You know, when I joined this band, I thought that it was what I wanted out of life. A place to belong, a family to call my own, my mark in life before I faded away. I was young and I mostly followed the crowd.
