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My lungs too. It’s hard for me to breathe. Even harder to accept she might need more than a few days.
That it might last a lifetime.
But I don’t press her. She’s been through hell and back today.
She needs time and peace.
Reluctantly, I give it to her.
“All right.” I lean in, pressing my lips to her temple.
Her smell inks itself into my soul, and I’ll hang onto it with my life until she’s willing to see me again.
“I love you, Prue.”
Her body quivers. She’s sobbing, and I can’t fucking fix it.
I can’t fix it unless I walk away.
Reluctantly, I do.
I walk away from my Prue.
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
Prue
ThefirstnightwithoutTheo has been one long, agonizing nightmare.
I tossed and turned as sleep evaded me. My eyes were drawn to the ceiling, to two floors up where he was.
The need to run into his bed, cuddle into him, and cry was so palpable I’d been in physical pain. My eyes hurt, my throat hurt. My chest tightened with every breath I took.
Now, in the early morning, things don’t look that great either.
The sun doesn’t shine as bright without Theo next to me. The cars driving beneath my window chafe the inside of my head.
I didn’t just kill my dad. I ripped the man I loved from me.
But then I remind myself it had to be done.
The little girl inside me who ached for love no matter what needs to go. I have to let her go. For my sanity and for my relationship with Theo.
If I want to salvageus, I have to put her to rest.
Because even if I forgive him today—which I do—I’ll hate him in the long run. Letting him take what he wants without consequences will be bad for us. It’ll enable him to do it in the future, and I’ll resent him for it.
I’ll hate him for it.
And it’s the last thing I want.
So, I let him stew.
UntilIsay it’s okay.
A knock at my door jolts me back to reality.
Quickly, I slip out of bed—wearing a T-shirt and a pair of sweats this time—and tiptoe to the door.
