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"You didn’t run," he said quietly, almost to himself

"I promised, didn’t I?" I smiled

A FEW DAYS HAD PASSED since the exa had been partying for every one of theed to pick up a few extra shifts at Daisy’s with soo home for the holidays Christmas was only teeks away and the extraI’d also proo for a night out with the guys before they headed ho quite festive for once and looking forward to having someone to spend it with By noon the cafe had beco me to a delicious jacket potato, which Mike assured ed hisspare, sent h we hadn’t actually had snow yet, the frost was brutal and the pavements were pretty treacherous, but II collected my post at the entrance and hu the door behind me, I chucked the keys onhcold and my full cup of stone-cold tea on the table beside ers for so long, but I couldn’t let it go

"Shit!" hebag and grabbed ently I couldn’t let go of the letter, so I told him as in it

"Mrs Wallis wrote to me," I turned to look at him, "my old teacher"

"I reed

"She said that her house was broken into There was nothing in there with my address on it because she keeps that in her diary which she had with her"

"But she thinks itfor evidence of where you’ve gone," he guessed, seeing quickly where I was going with this I noddedis, she said that she filed away all of ot to destroy them when I left If it was Frank, he could have my full name now and a shortlist of universities where I could be How long do you think it would take hiain and "

"I won’t run," I whispered, "I pro my name will take time, and even then I don’t know if it will stop hirin as he offered e your na the letter, now made et e my name It’s kind of you to offer, but I can’t," I protested

"Then don’t e your name Marry me because there will never be another man in this world who loves you aspiece, and the only person who canin it Marry hter and happiness" He carried on seaet it out before he forgot any of it

"I want to be your husband, sunshine I want to know that you are and alill be the other half of me for the rest ofand that we have the rest of our lives, but people don’t know shit about e are and e’ve been through Give et ive you a million reasons why I knoe should"