“Oh my god.”
“They didn’t deserve to go like that. They didn’t deserve that, Sky. They didn’t,” he sobs as my heart breaks for him. I reach for him, but he pulls away from me. I understand the reason too.
“You testified against him.”
“Yeah. How could I not? I gave them everything they needed to keep his ass in jail for life. I don’t know how the hell he got out. I don’t know what he’s going to do now. He wants revenge for turning on him, but I swear to god, Skylar, I didn’t know he’d go after you.” I see the pleading in his eyes. The need for me to understand he didn’t know. And I get it. How could he have known?
“It’s okay. I get it.”
“I don’t want anything to happen to you, Skylar. You have to know that,” he pleads. I nod my head. I do know that too.
“What was her name?” I ask, needing to hear it. I need to feel this connection to him. I’m invested in him. He has to know that much, and I can feel the same coming from him. He just won’t let himself go and be with me. There’s more to us, more to this than just sex, and we both know it.
“Amber. She was five. She was beautiful and so full of life.” Tears still fall down his cheeks, and I want nothing more than to wipe them away, but he needs this. I know he does.
“I bet she was beautiful like you.”
“Why do you say that?”
“You’re beautiful, Justice. You show me the beauty in everything you do,” I tell him. His eyes lock with mine, and everything seems to drift away slowly. He reaches up and wipes his eyes before reaching for me, grabbing me around the back of my neck and pulling my mouth to his. He kisses me, crushing his lips against mine. His tongue enters my mouth as he devours mine with his.