I had known from the beginning that she only wanted me to come over to press further on the whole situation. But in spite of what I knew, I still couldn’t keep my distance. Not even after telling myself that it was for the best.
Nevertheless, I was not budging. I had seen her, she was safe, and if she didn’t want to have anything to do with me after this, it was fine. But she was safe.
“Well, I suppose it will be best if took my leave now,” I said, taking a step back.
All she had to do was ask me to stop. To simply tell me that she didn’t care if I told her about my real nature. That she wanted me to stay.
But she didn’t. She simply nodded.
“Starting to believe there isn’t really much left of us.” She said and I shook my head.
“I’m starting to believe that I’m being manipulated emot
