#Chapter96

I get to his door in a flash and reach out as the sounds of my stifled wails break free, shuddering and sniffing, coughing through the weeping and making a grab for the handle. Shaking so badly I can see it in my outstretched fingers.

I don’t get a grip of it as my hand is captured, pulled back by him, enveloping it with his. My body tugged into his from behind, and he cradles me against him, pulling my head to his neck with his free hand and wrapping me up as I sob.

“I’m sorry…. I don’t mean it…. Everything I said… it’s bullshit. I don’t mean...