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“Hi,” I al here?”

“Hi,” he replies impishly “I needed to come see you”

I step onto the porch and allow the front door to shut behind me His eyes don’t leavehere

“I’ ht”

“If you’re here to tell ht was a mistake then I’d rather not hear it, Cameron I’ve had about as much rejection fro to be friends, when clearly, it just won’t work”

He looks down, and shakes his head When he lifts his head again I’m taken aback by the expression on his face He looks hurt

“I ca to be there, but I’ you or make me wish it never happened”

My throat goes dry andI don’t knohat to say

When Ca, he continues “I also wanted to apologize for how I reacted at the hospital after our first date I was a - ”

“You were an asshole,” I interrupt

“Yes,” he breathes out “I was I wanted you to kno sorry I am”

“It was a while ago, Caet about it”

My head drops, and I stare atthat Caht now reflected on ood at being vulnerable and when I’m this close to Cameron, that’s what he does to me; he makes me feel vulnerable, exposed

I feel his finger underat each other

“That’s just it, Hayley” His voice is soft and gentle and caressing “I can’t forget it It’s not that sis”

“What things?”

He drops his hand and thins his lips before answering with, “Do you trust me?”

I pause, thinking about it I hate that I can’t answer i a word I do trust him, but not entirely, and I know better than to hurt his feelings by telling him that