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He raised his eyebrows and his crooked smile stayed in place "You left the excitement here And missed all the drama when you ran"

I had faced le to survive The real world Getting free of the monsters that haunted my mind That tarnished my soul before I even had a chance to live

"I did what needed to be done," I said

He pulled me closer to him It was subtle, but each new part of my body that touched his caree with you"

I was sure he would Bray was about self-indulgence In his head,was all about him He was the push I needed to finally run Start a new life

"It’s over No reason to discuss it now"

"Then come home If it’s over, why stay away? Unless you love your new life and can’t bear to leave it behind"

I thought ofto it If I was ever going to have a chance at nors he needed to hear Maybe I would have if he’d wanted more than sex, but that was all we ever were

Bray was an addiction I loved him I knew that I wanted to not love hiain I couldn’t Saying I needed him for a crutch, a way to survive, was unfair I knew after being here with him that, yes, it had been love It had been more

Dixie was hts, gossip fests She had a husband She would want to be with hio to find safety Those days were a memory

"I don’t fit here anymore There’s no place for me I’ve found my place there" My place there may seem dull and lonely to someone else It wasn’t Not to rily overhi ended, and I stopped dancing I started to step away fro back to me

"Go soirl said no and walked away The right thing to do was leave hioodbye, wish her the best, proo back to et ready to face work in theI didn’t need three days off That hat I should do What I needed to do

"Where?" I asked, ignoring all the good advice I had just givenin the shadows trying to coet in the truck and go with ht now"

Bad idea Bad idea Bad idea I stared up at him ready to tell hi and should stay here

"What about Dixie and Asher?" I asked hilanced back at theain No one existed but the two of them The world was theirs "They seem fine to me," he drawled He fixed his blue eyes that I dreamed about back on me His eyelids were heavy The look there told me this wasn’t an invitation to talk or catch up

My stothe words made me feel ashamed of this Of my weakness But I wanted it too Even if it was for a moment I’d leave and he’d move on to sorabbedSwiftly Directly out of the tent and toward the cars parked out front I had to almost run to keep up with his pace I wondered if anyone had noticed us leave but didn’t glance back to check If they did it wouldn’t stop iven in I was sunk I couldn’t back out now My body would rebel against er door of the blue farm truck and hauled me inside like I couldn’t do it myself The door slammed, and he was in the driver’s seat too quickly It was like he was in a race