Renee
That got me. My hands froze on the keyboard, and for a moment I just stared at the screen without seeing it. I could lie. I could deflect. I could say it was just work, just pressure, just life.
But I didn’t want to lie to him. My eyes burned. I looked at him. His eyes were so full of compassion.
"Something happened…" He stood. "Come with me."
"Neil---"
"Come on," he said gently, lifting me from my seat and guiding me out of the room, down the hallway and to the empty breakroom.
"I--"
He drew me into his arms. "I'm sorry I pushed. You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to, just breathe for now, okay?"
“I… I just…" I sniffled, clenching my fists in his shirt. "I don’t know how to make sense of anything right now,” I said, the words tasting like ash. “I think it's
