AIDAN

I wanted more.

I wanted everything, but Tara seemed to not, or she was in a battle with herself. I wanted to hold her and tell her that it was all going to be alright and that I was just as scared as she was, but she ran away from me so fast, it was like her feet were on fire.

She needed space to think, so I stayed in the office on the same floor that she was, giving her exactly that—space. As much as I could though. I tuned everything else out, listening closely for her heartbeat to make sure that she wasn’t having a mental breakdown...