Chapter 6


Jake left.
Flew back to California. In the weeks that passed, we spoke on the phone almost
every day.  He listened. He made me
laugh.  But the intense urge to run away
from this man was starting to boil inside me. I was falling fast. And it scared
me. Scared me enough to push him away.


And then one
night. Josh was suddenly there.


It was past
midnight when I heard his car pull