New Moon
“Deliberately she chewed and swallowed, probably to give herself time to think of what to say.He wondered where his last line had come from. It hadn't been what he'd planned. He'd wanted to tell her how much he cared. He wanted her to understand that they had bonded. But he'd never practiced in-depth man-woman communications. So he'd stuck to business, and the words he was thinking had popped out of his mouth. Probably from her point of view, he'd issued a challenge.She folded her hands in her l...ap before asking, "Why will I feel better?"He turned his spoon over and examined the back. "Because when you hold bad stuff inside, it eats at you. It affects your mind and your body."She tipped her head to the side, watching him with unnerving intensity. "You know that from personal experience?""Yes." He wanted to look away, but he kept his gaze fixed on her. If he could show her he wasn't afraid to share his painful memories, maybe she would, too."From when I was a kid. My father was a hard man who expected that his sons would do what he ordered and not buck his authority.MoreLess
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