#Chapter20

|Present|

He didn't take me home. He took me to the clearing instead.

I couldn't deny the relief I felt.

I wasn't ready to go home. Not yet.

He silently got off the bike and sat down on the soft grass. I knew he was waiting for me to join him, so I did.

"I think it's beautiful." I murmured.

His head snapped in my direction, he looked confused.

"What you do for those kids, it's incredible Hunter." I told him truthfully.

He just shrugged like it was no big deal.

But it was.

It was a big deal.

His actions spoke multitudes of the kind of person he...