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“This is so fucked up,” I mumble

She pulls ers, hanging fro it here in the wilderness?”

I snort in laughter when stretches up to kissdick in the woods, mm?”

“These are memories to cherish”

“Are they? Is this everything you’d hoped for when you thought of leaving Tristan?”

“Actually, it’s everything, yes Do you knohat it was like for rit my teeth as my arm reaches for her automatically

She kisses et a deep breath

“He was horrid…like my father When I first knew him, he wasn’t so He was ure When he proposed the idea of e, it was more so he could remain on the island You can’t do that, you know—unless you marry in Not even doctors can become true residents”

I feel her breathing against ot her face pressed against the area behind ht shoulder I realize I don’t think she wants et a hold of myself

“He said it would be companionship—and only that And then he broke his promise” Her voice cracks “He wanted…hs loudly “I’d like to reood cook I am And how fashionably I plan decorate my own home one day Please don’t see me this way…but…he hit rew terrified of him”

She’s back in front ofpissed as hell “The bar’s quite low—yes, you could make that point But I enjoy it here because you’re here I have a T

-Rex fetish and a bona fide addiction to this”

She gives e, and I shut et hard when I can’t do what I ith her Christ, I want to carry her back ho, but especially not that fuck

As it is, she rides s so in rocking chairs on the back porch, waiting for the deer to coh—and she’s practicing pilates

On a Sunday night, as Finley’s pulling hoh he