CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
EMMA ENDLESS
The last time I had seen Clark, I had told him that I didn’t ask to be saved. I had shouted at him and been so insistent for my freedom. Now, I realized, I should have listened to him. If I had, if I’d taken my danger seriously, I wouldn’t be in this situation. Instead, I had acted like a spoilt child, and I’d ignored his offer of protection. That was all Clark had ever wanted for me. Me safe and sound.
I think, even if I’d decided I wanted to be with Ben, he would have allowed it. As long as I was safe, and happy. Even though our earlier argument proved otherwise. If the situation had been calmer, the fight…the conversation…would have gone a lot differently.
But I’d hurt him, and there was no Clark to rescue me now. There was always Clark to rescu
