"You don't." Draven said as I looked at him.
"You don't have to forgive her because you've discovered the reason she left." He added as my throat tightened.
"I hated her sometimes." I said.
"I know." He said.
"I wondered why I wasn't enough for her to stay." I said and Draven's expression softened.
"You were probably the reason she left." He said and tears slipped down my cheeks.
"I don't know whether that makes it better." I said.
"It doesn't have to." He said.
He moved toward me, but instead of touching me, he stopped and pulled out the chair beside mine.
Then he sat but he didn't tell me to stop crying. He didn't tell me that everything would be fine. He simply stayed.
I wiped my face with the back of my hand and stared at the records.
"She was protecting me." I said.
"Perha
