End Me, Mend Me
He stepped forward, then wrapped his arms around me from behind and rested his chin on my head.
He continued, "Give me one more chance, won't you? I want to marry you with everything I am and everything I have."
I leaned back into the warmth of his embrace, listening to his steady heartbeat and feeling the salty sea breeze that drifted through the window.
The pain of the past was like a deep scar in my soul. It would never disappear, but it could be soothed by tenderness. My life had descended into hell because of Damien, and now, it seemed, it would find its redemption through him, too.