At age 22 Simon had never had a girlfriend, or a friend at all for that matter. Infact not once had a girl ever asked him our or merely kissed him. Despite how much he imagined having a sweet, loving relationship.

He worked six days a week at a butchers. Thankfully, for him, he got to stay in the back and have few human interactions. The truth is … he had a severe stutter. He always had.

It was his biggest insecurity, the fact that he could hardly say a sentence. People were telling him to ‘spit it out’. How could a man being 6’4”, weighing over 210 pounds, be so incapable of basic conversation?