Chapter Thirty-Five

CLOSURE

“What if I want you to stop me?” She spun around after a moment of contemplation. 

“I’d never do that to you.” He was trying to be noble, she scoffed. 

“Roman, I don’t know what you’ve been through, I don’t know what you’re running from and I certainly don’t know what it is your mother is trying to protect you from, but what I do know is that the day you stop running away from things in a bid to protect it, you’ll realize that those are the thighs should have been running towards, because it’s actually worth protecting.” Her parting words felt a weight off her shoulders, she said her bit, now the ball was in his court.