Chapter Fourteen

Shannon’s POV

“You’ve been hurt in the past and I understand that,” Robin began. “I don’t know the details of what happened in your previous relationship but I don’t want you not to let it shape you and determine how you see things around here.”

“Eric didn’t reject me because I was ugly or deformed,” I began. “It wasn’t anything of that sort, he rejected me for a far lesser and albeit stupid reason if I might add.”

“You don’t have to talk about it if it’s going to hurt you too much, Shannon,” Robin said in a calm tone.

“I’ve got to make you understand and hopefully, you’ll see things the way I see it. I don’t mean any disrespect but from where you’re sitting, you aren’t seeing anything that happens beneath your eyes and in the dark.”

Robin stared at me for a moment before he resigned. “You have the floor, Shannon. Let’s hear what you’ve got to say.”

“I was completely in love with Eric and frankly speaking, there was nothing that I wouldn’t have done for him. At the time, my mother