Harry Hall dared not think any further; whenever he did, his heart would start to ache sharply.
Helen Melendy stopped in her tracks and looked down at the slender fingers that held her wrist, as if wanting to squeeze hard, yet fearing that too much force might break her.
She lifted her eyes in confusion and asked, "What are you doing?"
Harry knew she had always been pushing him away. That night, from Adam Jones's words, he learned she had no choice but to terminate the pregnancy. At that moment, pain, regret, and tenderness occupied his entire heart.
He firmly believed if they could just talk things out, they could still be together.
He didn't want to bring up the past again, nor did he want to hear her mention it; he wanted to give each other a chance to move forward.
But her words, "Even if I weren't sick, I wouldn't have kept the child," shattered all the hope and expectations in his heart.
