In an instant

As I was hanging out with some mates at the local park, we were joined by a few new faces, including a good-looking guy who caught my attention.

‘Who’s that?’ I asked, nudging a friend.

‘This is Joe,’ he said, dragging me over and introducing the pair of us.

In July 2019, Joe James, 22, joined my circle of friends and we soon started seeing a lot of each other.

At first I didn’t think he liked me, but he just turned out to be incredibly shy.

Joe and I started chatting on Facebook, and we got to know each other more

I learned that he suffered with depression growing up, and had to be home schooled, which meant he’d