“I don’t know you. Please stop.” My voice breaks and panic shows face even though I try not to let it. Suddenly aware of how close he is and that my necklace is rubbing just below the very edge of my dress neckline. Mere millimetres from concealing the platinum and diamond band therein that would give this away completely.
“I was too shocked upstairs to let it sink in. Don’t go anywhere. I’ll figure this out on my own why you’re acting like you don’t know us, why you never came home. I’m not about to lose you again. I know I did a lot of wrongs…. Please give me a chance to fix that.” He steps towards me and lifts his hand as though he’s going to touch my face, and I scramble backwards, turn, and shoot away from him at speed. Terror gripping my heart and not about to let him touch me again.
I don’t stop until I slide through the hatch and close it behind me with a thump. Tugging Greta in fron
