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Upon reaching the apart

I was lad when Jude unlocked the door, entered the apartment and then left the door open forme back into his private space

I fully expected Jude to go to the kitchen or living rooain and walked straight to his bedroom I was torn on whether or not I should follow hi hi

When I reached the doorway of his roo of cars in his hands I took a chance and walked to the bed But instead of sitting down next to hi on pure instinct and that terrified s worse? What if I pushed hi finally gotten glimpses of the real Jude The one my heart ached for every minute of every hour of every day

But instinct was all I had, so I took a deep breath and let go of everything that came with the job It wasn't Jude's body that currently needed protection It was his h Jude's silky hair I repeated the move a few times in the hopes that it somehow told him that I was there

I felt a sliver of relief go through ainstof cars in his lap and put both arms around my waist No words were spoken because that wasn't what Jude needed

Not yet

I continued to stroke his hair as he clung to th of his hold on me was proof that even if there weren’t tears on the outside, there was likely an endless waterfall of them on the inside

I dropped my head and pressed a kiss to the top of his I held there like that until Jude loosened his grip onwe stayed there for, just the two of us holding on to one another, but when Jude lowered his ar, I eased my way around him so I could sit beside him on the bed

Jude didn't say anything for a long time, and I didn't press hi point for us and that terrified e how I felt about hi my heart to Jude What would happen if and when he owned it completely?

"They found me in the toy department of a Walmart," Jude said softly His eyes remained on the cars

“I was three No one kne long I'd been there for, but when thein the aisle playing with a bunch of these," Jude said as he lifted the bag just a little bit "I don't really remember much about what happened that day There were lots of people asking me questions Questions I didn't have the answers to I only knew my first name"

The pain in ht about Jude who hadn't been much older than Maks

Being left behind like he was nothing Who did that to their kid?

Jude opened the bag of cars and pulled out the red Porsche "The ave me this car just before the people from children's services took htstand "After that, the car thing just followed h that held no hu with cars I’d only played with them in Wal"

"What happened when children’s services took you in?" I asked

"I learned when I was older that they’d tried to find my parents The store had surveillance ca in with htstand drawer and pulled out a picture It was a still irainy and none of the individual’s features could be reen baseball cap and slight body type were the only giveaways that the person in the ie was a woman