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“And that’s a bad thing?”

“Yes! It’s a very bad thing He wasn’t supposed to know that”

She frowned “If that’s how you feel, then he does need to know”

“No! No he doesn’t He’s supposed to know that I agreed to this, and thatthathe wasn’t supposed to know”

“Why does his would be easier if you both were on the saate this relationship?”

I got up to pace “This is not how things were supposed to go I was supposed to figure out a way to end things without hi hurt in the process”

Scratching of pen against paper “You entered into a relationship you don’t want, and froy into finding a way out Being dishonest to yourself and him does neither of you any favors”

I looked up at the graying sky Rain was expected later, and I hoped it would hold off until after Macy and I finished shopping Malcol out so if I should bother Would he really want to live in a house decorated byto happen?

“Calida?”

I turned back to face Dr Carr

“What scares you the most?”

“What do you mean?”

“About being in a relationship Have you stopped to really think about what is at the core of your fear?”

“There’s nothing to think about I was married to…I was in love with a man that kidnapped, tortured, and killed wo me watch as he killed my best friend because I left him”

“Do you think everyto be like him?”