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One arm held me around the waist as his other cradled the back of my head. His harsh breathing puffed into my hair, making my head rise and fall in nauseating waves on his chest.
“I should have taken you sooner.” Apparently he’d caught on to who I was talking about. “I’m sorry, Becka. I’m so sorry.” I heard the genuine apology in his ragged voice.
“It hurts so much, ” I squeaked. How mental pain had the ability to cross over into the physical realm so strongly seemed impossible. Everything hurt; from my brain, to my body, and most of all my heart. It had been placed in a vise, being squeezed so hard I wished it would burst just so it would stop hurting.
“I know baby. I’m here.”
“Are you? Or are you going to ignore me like you have been?” So not the opportune time to get into it but my mouth was running away with a mind of its own. “Why haven’t you wanted to be around me? You haven’t touched me or made love to me in days. Are you going to just disappear again?”
“No,” he said through gritted teeth. “I’m sorry about that too. I was being selfish with my own shit.” He hugged me tighter and brushed soothing strokes down my hair. “I’m here, right here with you now. I’m not going anywhere.”
My sobs stopped, exhaustion pulled me deeper as the darkness crept in. Now that Luca held me, his warmth working hard to chase away the cold, my body slowly gave into the need to shut down. It felt like grief had literally sucked the life out of me. The massive amounts of Jameson did nothing to help either. “I…,” I tried to make words form but nothing came out. My brain slowly shut down with my body one step behind. Everything went liquid in Luca’s arms and the darkness took me.
