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He grabs my arms, “Let me go, Cade,” and shakes me. “Now!”
He has my heart.
“No!”
But I’m not afraid of him. Not his physical pain. I can defend myself from that.
But not this. My heart’s in his grasp, and it’s defenseless against him.
Please don’t break it again.
“Talk to me. You used to tell me everything, all your problems.”
“No, I can’t. I can’t tell you.” His massive arms press me back against the wall, pinning me there. “Because you are my fucking problem.”
The craze in his eyes, there’s an agony there.
I see a man I don’t know. A past I can’t remember. A secret he’s hiding from me. It fills him with so much pain… I can see it.
Then it happens again.
The act that hurts me the most. That rips my soul and breath away—the most excruciating turn of his body, of his heart leaving mine.
I slide down the wall at the sound of his slamming exit.
No more tears fall from my eyes.
They’ve left me too.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Keep Running by Geographer
Dear Candy Cade,
There’s not a bone in a body I wouldn’t break for you. There’s not a last breath I wouldn’t give for you. There’s not a day I wake up, and you’re not my first thought.
And I’m sorry.
I’m an asshole.
Because I’m embarrassed.
I didn’t mean it. You’re not my problem. You’re my answer.
I’m the problem.
I’m the broken one, and you’re still perfect. You’re more amazing now.
You didn’t let them break you. You’re even stronger.
But they broke me.
Yes, I put my pieces back together, but it’s ugly, all my scars, and I don’t want you to see them.
I want you to remember me like we were.
Like how we used to be on the beach at night, lying on a blanket, we’d search the sky for shooting stars and then search each other. The way your touch and eyes used to adore every inch of me, like nothing was wrong with me.
