“He stops pacing. 'I know, Miranda, I did it because I—'

'Stop! Don't say it. I don't want to hear you say it.'

'I have to say it,' Noah says.

'No, you don't.' If I hear him say the word love, I don't know what I'll do. I still have my gun. Maybe one day I can forgive him, but all chance of that goes out the window if he claims he did it for love. If you love someone, the idea is respect them enough to trust them. Not to take away their freedom. Their life.”