At 6, I Promised My Best Friend with Down Syndrome We’d Go to Prom Together – 12 Years Later, Mom Said I Could Go with Him Only on One Condition

I Immediately Felt Betrayed

My first reaction was not gratitude.

It was anger.

I asked my mother whether Noah had spent six years being my friend because she had asked him to.

The possibility made my stomach turn.

I suddenly wondered whether every important moment between us had been an obligation.

Had he stayed because he wanted to?

Or because he thought continue reading …