Forbidden Summer Sins
After, they stayed joined, foreheads touching.
“I love you,” he whispered into the dark. “More than I knew I could.”
“I love you too,” she answered, voice thick. “We made it through her.”
He smiled against her lips. “We made it through us.”
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Morning brought bright sunlight and a quiet house. Mia arrived first, arms full of donuts and coffee, face pale but determined.
“I heard everything from Dad he called the station this morning,” she said, hugging them both fiercely. “That psycho is done terrorizing my family.”