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“You’re going back?” My mouth dries

“Shit I didn’t mean to say it like that,” he mumbles

“Oliver”

His eyes widen I think this is the first ti back to reshoot?”

He shrugs “I-I don’t know”

My gut aches “Do you want to?” I ask, trying to hold on to my cool exterior This has to be his decision Maybe it’s part of his personal healing process Still, I can’t help but feel it’s te lances down on the floor

“I feel like I have to”

“Why?” I ask as the voice inside of o

“So I can stop being a coward What does that say to o back and handle my business, Quinn?”

“That you’re human,” I reply, stunned by the bitterness in his voice

“No, that I’er the man I once was”

“You cannot believe that” Crossing my arms, I shake my head

“Why? It’s what everyone else is thinking, isn’t it? I mean, why else would they keep it froer trust me?”

“You think this is about trust?”

He looks up, and his eyes flash They’re a storrayish blue I’ve never seen before “Yes”