Page 52 of Memories of Me

"Bay, what's wrong?"

"I'm sorry. I just…I love you," I said simply.

"I love you, too." He squeezed me gently.

"It took me longer to get there than you, but I understand now," I confessed.

He reached out and brushed my cheek. "I knew you would. I just didn't want to rush you."

"How did you know that I would get there?"

He thought for a moment and then said, "Because anybody that can save me the way you did was meant to stay."

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