Chapter 459 Lori's Wonder:>80

• Davey hugged me close while I cried; even the memory of that long-ago feeling was still so poignantly painful I couldn't hold back the tears, and so he held me while those memories rattled inside me, undimmed by time, still vivid, still gut-wrenchingly intense. Davey gently blotted my tears, then smiled at me.
• "Are you OK, Angel-May?" he murmured, and I nodded, determined to get this over and out of the way; his arm around me gave me the strength and courage to go on.
• "I was a mess, all churned-up inside. I didn't know what to do, what to say, I didn't understand what I was feeling, and I didn't know if anyone could even help me; finally, it was you, Jose, you pointed out what was happening inside me, you showed me the truth, and it scared and sickened me, but I couldn't get away from it; once you told me, it all fell into place, and it scared me even more. I think Mom guessed. She tried to help me, but I wouldn't let her in, I couldn't, not this..."