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"Do you not find ed to one of pity and hurt, and I looked over at her She looked distraught, but I wasn’t sure if it was because she was genuinely sad that I was pulling away fro

"You’re beautiful" I stared at her and answered honestly

"I don’t mean to be like this, you know" Her eyes were open and held a touch of bleakness "I’ve just been through so much into get by I just want to be free" Tears slid froet out of here and be free"

"I know you do" I held her hand and squeezed it coain united in our grief

"I hope that today hasn’t been filled with too ot into the car with Robin "I bet you’re wishing that you didn’t cohed "Though it has been one of those Days of Our Lives types of day"

"That’s a lot of faet at one ti as we pulled out of the Johnsons’ driveway "I wouldn’t be surprised if you never wanted to see ot, then your life is nothing coe of truth and sadness in her eyes "But, just to clear things up: no, I do not want to not see you again I’lad that Zane and Lucky intervened"

"So ah do not tell the that they can try to dictate my life, but they definitely helped ht"

"What happened there?" She looked over at ot the feeling that we both weren’t ready to be in a certain place"

"Yeah, perhaps" She sat back and looked out the"I guess we’re both treading water here"

"Would you like to go to a movie with me?" I blurted out before I could think about it too much "I can also just take you home if you prefer"

"What about your brother? Don’t you want to be with hiht now" I smiled at her, happy to see that she was the kind of woht about others before herself "I’ toet over the initial shock, I’m pretty sure he will have a lot more questions"

"That was brave of you to tell himental, which I appreciated "Weren’t you worried he would just lose it and go off on you?"

"Yes," I laughed, "but Sidney is likeHe was the one who helped ering me to tell Zane I know this sounds crazy, but I always kneanted Sidney to be around when I told Zane He’s like ht now?"

"No, of course not" She reached over and squeezed my arm "He seems really nice and so does his wife Before you and Lucky arrived, I was talking to theenuine interest in me It was like they knew exactly what to say to ift that they have" I slad that she had taken to them both "It’s like they can see into your soul and the worries that you have, and they soothe you with their words and care"

"Yes," she nodded "When Sidney spoke tofrom and what re "It’s hard to enuinely care about you like that Who want to know your story, rather than just talk about themselves"

"Yes, yes, it is"

"So, you were in witness protection?" She changed the subject "How did I not know that? That’s crazy"

"I wasn’t technically in witness protection" I laughed "But yes, I was helping the FBI and the DEA with a case and I had to disappear"

"Okay, I take back my earlier statement Your life isn’t like Days of our Lives, it’s more like Mission Io hide out in a s to the botto your fas I’ve ever had to do inback to Zane’s house instead of the movie "The day I realized that I had to fake my own suicide and have my brother believe I was dead is still surreal to ent as in charge of the case told me that unless I complied, it was likely that they would come after me and my family, which, honestly, I doubted But then he said, ‘Think of all the other innocent lives you could be saving The lives that get caught in the crossfire They were drug dealers, they didn’t care who they hurt’ And that’s when I knew I had to do it Special Agent Waldron had shown raphs of many of the people that they believed were killed by the cartel and there were over twenty children I didn’t want there to be any new faces added to that pile"

"Wow" Robin’s eyes widened "You’re really selfless Now youoff on you two times"

"I just did what anyone with a conscience would have done" I shrugged "And I’ain, at sohed

"Where are we going?" She looked out theas she laughed

"I figured we could watch a movie" I paused "But at home, if that’s not too presuht this hs and be coaveZane and Lucky?"

"Well, here’s the other part" Iwe could watch it in , but it’s not because I want to sleep with you I have a king-sized bed so on’t even have to touch I just figured it will give us more privacy if they are already ho it"

"Don’t worry, Noah" She giggled "I understand"

"Phew" I pulled into the driveway "I didn’t want you thinking this was another seduction ht of hot sex"

"Don’t reroaned "I’m surprised you don’t think I’ned surprise and she hit me in the shoulder before we both juh I suppose I deserve that"

"Let’s go inside" I walked over to her side of the car and grabbed her hand As we touched, I felt another spark jolt throughthat the connection I had witnessed previously was still there

"So, are you going to tell o?" Robin looked up at me with a happy face, and I feltthat had happened in Pal I didn’t want to burden her with all that information Not in the same day she had found out about all my family draht when I was getting to know her because of an infor a do-over with her Plus, I didn’t kno to tell her about Skylar I didn’t know if she would understand