She rested her head on her hand, touching her hot forehead. Saved by the complete absence of fear. He was right - such a truth can finish off a person. It hurts to hear this. It is even more painful to think in vain of options that everything could have been avoided if Denis had told someone about what was happening.

His lips trembled and the image blurred before his eyes. It seemed that events had long crossed the acceptable line. It's more trouble and falsehood than she could handle. And fear can save you from stupid things, if it were not completely drowned out by pain. Suffocated in her...