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“I never thought you couldn’t. But it’s my job to take care of you, Molls, and make sure you don’t have to,” he reminded me suddenly serious. “You just need to trust me and let me do that.”
My heart ached for the sincerity of his words. But I couldn’t help shying away from them at the same time. I wanted to trust him to care for me, but there had been too many times when he had let me down. I wasn’t sure I could let that go and give in to what he wanted.
“Scott… I want to… but… I can’t,” I sputtered out. “Too much has happened… I don’t know if I can ever return to how things were.”
Scott’s face darkened a bit before he took my hand. “I think it’s time you and I had a long overdue talk.”
