Chapter 38 I Won't Run Again

• "Nine Inch Nails I Wanna Fuck You Like an Animal. They made it like a music video with the lyrics to the song printed out over the screen in big letters... You let me violate you-You let me penetrate you "
• She faltered, and my heart just broke in two for what she'd suffered. I knew only how much I wanted to make it work between us. I stopped her then. I had to. I couldn't listen to any more and restrain myself in public. We needed privacy for this. I just wanted to take her home with me and hold her close. The rest could be figured out later. I squeezed her hand so she would look up at me. Big luminous eyes, in colors that all blended together, filled with glassy tears I only wanted to lick away, looked into mine. "Let me take you home, please." I nodded to make her understand it was what we needed. "I want to be alone with you right now, Brynne. Everything else doesn't matter so much."
• She made a sound that just ripped my heart apart. So soft, but injured and raw. I stood up from the table abruptly, tugging her with me, and bless her heart, she followed without protesting. I threw some notes on the table and got her out to the car and buckled into her seat.