My Prom Dress Stayed in the Closet After My Stage 3 Diagnosis—But What My Date Did at Prom Changed My Future Forever

My face burned. “Leo, what are you doing?”

He didn’t answer.

He reached up, removed his hat, and revealed his head.

Completely shaved.

Gasps rippled through the room.

My hand flew to my mouth.

Leo looked at me, then at everyone else.

“This isn’t about me,” he said into the microphone. “It’s about Elena. She came tonight even though tomorrow morning she starts continue reading …