Hunter chuckled, wiping away her tears.
"I don't like it when you cry, Kenz," he murmured, kissing her on the forehead. "It's true that your father shouldn't have judged me based on what my father was in high school, but what else could he do? I'm my father's son, Kenzie. There's no reason for your father to be accepting. I know I'm not like my father, but nobody knows if that'll stay the same. I don't know if I wouldn't turn into the monster my father is. I don't know if I won't do the same things he did, maybe even worse. But despite all of my fears, I don't want to leave you. I don't want you to leave me."