Chapter 26

• Bernardo
• The drive to the hotel where I was to stay until I could get Harlyn back with me was hell of moody. I was in a foul mood and it was all of my own making. I kept reminding myself that this was all happening to me because I let it happen. I was to blame for everything. Did I really expect Harlyn to just accept me back? Of course, she wasn’t going to just take me back after how I treated her. I got in her head for a few minutes after I left Hillan’s mansion only to hear her stay the reason she didn’t want to take me back.
• She was scared. Scared that I might get tired of her and send her away again. I needed to find a way to make her know that I would never do something like that again. that it was a mistake I had no intention of repeating. I may have failed to win her back today but I will not give up like that. I am never going to give her up and I told Hillan just as much. Hillan was a better man than I thought. He was kind of understanding after he got over the initial shock of finding out what I did to her. He told me he would try talking to her but he wasn’t promising me anything.