His words stole her voice. She blinked again as the tears which had threatened seconds ago, now creeped from the edge of her eyes and rolled down her cheeks. He was making her dream of things impossible for her, especially if he ever found out what she had done.
She stood up from the swing and sniffed and leaned against the rail and stared into the evening light. It wasn’t fair. She heard Jesse’s voice echoing in her head, he would never find out. It was too big a secret to ever keep from a lover, though. Wasn’t it?
He stood up behind her, his voice quiet. “Do you want me to leave, Arwen?”
Did she want him to leave? No. Therein lay the problem. She was terrified once she let him stay, she would never want him to leave. Their entire relationship would be built on a foundation of a single
