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He took in a shaky breath "Whatthat without you?"

I gulped in air around a hiccup "I’ht be broken beyond repair"

He shifted beside me "Sometimes I feel like there hasn’t been better communication between us than there is now We talk about everything We don’t keep secrets Except the one"

"I’ a secret fro it fro out over the water, his hand sifting absently through the sand "I have nothing to hide"

He tensed, jerked his head toward ? All the blauilt you’ve buried so deep it almost threatened your life--"

I stood up in a huff and looked down at hi, Adaaze out over the water while I stood looking down at hiht I crossed my arms over my chest The cool sea breeze ruffled overpulled on a sweatshirt I claspedimpatient

"You were practically catatonic--for days No talking…you turned your face to the wall, hardly ate a thing…"

"How can you blaree But you wouldn’t let anyone in to help you You deliberately increased your own suffering You refused the pain medications…why did you do that?"

My breath squeezed out of ut Suddenly I was shaking…slowly I sank into the sand beside hiain I didn’t have an answer for hi every cramp, every ache, every bit of the pain It had been

But Adam wasn’t about to let me off the hook After minutes of silence he turned and pinned me doith his black eyes "Why, Emilia? Tell me"

"You already knohy, apparently"

"Do you?"

I leaned away froh hell…"

He looked away "We both were, but that gets lost in the shuffle"