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Benton woke up with a start as he felt the shirt he was wearing moving slightly. It was also wet. It took him a minute to realize he was on the couch and not in his bed and that there was another person there by his side. She was making noises that he couldn’t hear properly. He shifted slightly, and then he knew she was asleep. She was also trapped in a nightmare.
“Kelly?” he asked quietly. Then he tried to wake her gently. He was trying as hard as he could to get her to wake up. Her sounds were getting worse. He then shook her a little harder, and she gasped. “Kelly, wake up.”
“I’m, I’m awake.” She said as she tried to find her voice. He saw her face into the darkness and knew she had been crying in her sleep.
“It’s okay. You’re here with me. Sweetheart, you are safe.” He said softly, rubbing her back as she sat up.
“Benton, it hurts.” She said as she rubbed her head a bit more. She was not even trying to hide the tears
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“Does the why matter?” he asked as he looked at her. “Yes it does.” She said as she lifted her head to look at him. “Alright. Then let me tell you a few things that you don’t know about us.” Benton said as he looked into her eyes. “My great grandfather is the one who began the family company. He is the one who made the most money before I took over. He grew it from nothing to what you see here. When his son took over they were still new money and were looked down on. So my grandfather was forced to marry my grandmother because she was raised in the right circles, as my mother would say. My grandfather was distant and then when they had kids, they had to marry from my grandmothers circles not my grandfathers. Everything was a transaction between them. My Father had to do the same. He was forced to marry my mother and then have children. He was never happy if she was around, and I am not sure my mother has ever been a happy a day in her life unless she w
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The silence in the room was deafening to the couple in the wide space. The night had closed around them and the medicine he had given her must have been easing her pain in her head because she didn’t seem like she was in pain. The confession he had just laid at her feet was something that he never had thought he would say out loud. They didn’t know all that much about her family. He had only gone because he was trying to see what type of people would do something like that when they knew for a fact that their daughter was alive but in a safe place. The police also were concerned with the way that things were happening. There was too much going on with the missing fishing boat and then the fact of finding of the woman miles away and very injured. Benton had been in contact with them the entire time. Even Kelly had been in touch with them and had talked to them over the pho
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Benton could feel the change around them. He had been open with her and she was seeing things a little more clearly. Things like all things were starting to be clearer for her. As well. She moved a little bit to be closer to him as they were lying on the couch under the comforter still. Though the couch was the size of a small twin bed it was enough for both of them to be there together without having to be pressed up against each other. Though it seemed more comfortable that way. She surprised him as she leaned down a bit as she moved herself forward and then she found his mouth. As soon as her soft sweet lips pressed against his he didn’t think that he would ever find something that tasted so good. His hand went from her back to her head and laced his fingers through her hair being gentle knowing that she still had bruises there. The kiss grew as she got closer to him, and he could feel her body pressed into his more. Their mouths danced together and then he tried
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The morning light was creeping through the curtains though they were drawn tight. Benton blinked his eyes open and realized again he was not on his bed. He was still on the couch though there was no one next to him when he moved. He bolted to a sitting position looking around and scanning the room. Last night could not have been a dream of any sort. He knew it had happened. He could still feel her body pressed up against his. Even though it was long past the time she had fallen asleep. There was a slight movement at the curtains, and he stretched his body as he stood and made his way over to where she was. He had to assume it was her at the windows as no one else was there. He made his way over almost silently and then as he got closer he could hear the almost silent sobs that were coming from the area. He wanted to rush there and to find out what had happened to her to make her upset. They had ended the night for the second time on a good note he had thought.
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Chapter 33 It was late afternoon on what seemed to be an extremely lazy day for the two of them. Most of it she was trying to make sense of whatever she was remembering. Everything was coming back in complete waves. He could tell when one memory triggered another because it was written on her face. Every memory cause pain. Everything was coming back to her, but it was taking a lot longer than before. Everything was hurting her as well. She would go through times where she had to sit there with her eyes closed and then more times she was just sitting there with a blank stare on her face. None of it was making any sense to him as she would mumble things. Every once in a while she would look up and see him staring at her trying to read how she felt. He did not want her to strain herself either. He was finding he was having a few issues with the balance of everything when dealing with her. The memories w
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