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“Together?” She whispers.
“Together,” I nod. “If anything goes wrong, then we both…” I trail off.
Her hand is on mine as she gives me a quick squeeze, her expressive eyes doing all the talking as she conveys to me everything she’s feeling.
Fear. Frustration. Desolation. But most of all, there’s love.
So much fucking love, I don’t know how I could have ever doubted it.
I recognize every single emotion because it’s reflected in my eyes as well.
“It’s either the two of us or none,” she completes my thoughts.
“You’ll give me full control over your life?” I ask before I can help myself, recalling our previous discussion and the fact that it’s her self-admitted most prized possession.
“You’re asking as if you don’t know,” she laughs before her expression slowly sobers. “My life’s always been in your hands, Raf,” she whispers, her clear eyes on me. “Here, now. Back at the hacienda. You’ve always been my one requisite for living,” she admits.
I don’t speak as I merely stare into her eyes.
Slowly, I raise my hand, palming her cheek and swirling my thumb over her lips.
She closes her eyes, releasing a soft purr as she nuzzles her face closer, giving herself over to my touch.
We stay like that for a few moments.
Taking my hand, she brings it to her lips, laying a kiss in the center of my palm.
“I swear to you, Raf, on everything that I hold dear, that after we get through this I’ll tell you everything. No matter how ugly, I’ll tell you the entire truth. You have my vow.”
“Noelle…”
“And before you ask me how you can trust me…” she takes a deep breath. “You can check the SD card Santiago gave you.”
“You…” My eyes widen.
“I saw that you took it,” she admits, pursing her lips, “which made the entire debacle pointless anyway. I know I said I didn’t want you to see the videos—to see the me back then. But if it’s the only thing that will give me back your trust… If it’s the only way you’ll have some evidence to back up my words, then please do it.” She pauses for a moment as she searches my features. “I’ll just warn you that it’s not pretty. I might not know exactly what’s on those videos, but it’s not justmeI didn’t want you to see. I didn’t want you to see yourself like that either.”
“We’ll have time to talk about this later. Now we need to focus on this,” I change the subject, though curiosity is eating at me.
What does she mean that she doesn’t want me to see myself? How was I in those videos? Was I truly passed out like in that one flashback I’d had or…
“You’re right. I just wanted you to know that I won’t hide anymore, and I’m ready to face everything head on. If we’re to have a future, then everything needs to be out in the open.”
“On that we’re in agreement,” I nod, getting to work on the parachute.
We secure the first aid kit and the satellite phone between us as I tie us to the parachute. Knowing we might need them; I add a couple of guns to the back of my pants. Luckily, they had ended up on the right side of the plane. After that’s done, it’s finally time for the big moment.
I may have done this a couple of times before but never a base jump.
Noelle was right that this is dangerous. But at this moment, it’s our only choice.
I feel the heat of her body next to mine, her thudding heart echoing in my ears just as adrenaline floods my body. I might be close to my limit, but I need to push on—especially since Noelle depends on me.
I can’t let her down just like I can’t let myself down.
After all this time… After all we’ve been through, she’s right that we can’t let this beat us.
We’ve survived far worse to die in a random plane crash.
