74.08) I do get cynical, but what can you do? It doesn't make any difference. ~ Kurt Russell
There was one thing Dev Spencer Quinn had learned from a young age. You could never trust people to mean what they said. His first experience with this had been when a playmate of his had told him that Dev couldn't come over to his house because he was sick. Dev later found out that his friend had simply wanted to play with someone else and didn't want Dev around. His mother and father had told him that they'd always keep him safe. When his father's friend had taken advantage of him, that had been proven to not be true. Similiar incidents continued to occur over the course of his life until he had learned that the best thing he could do was be prepared to be betrayed or lied to. It was hard at first to not be able to trust anyone, but as he grew older, he became accustomed to it. Even if someone did act as if they could be trusted, Dev would still hold back for fear of being let down or hurt as time went by. It might have been a good way for him to guard his heart, but it was a horrible way to live.
No one could ever tell him this, though.
No one could ever tell him this, though.