Excerpt 1

Excerpt 1

"Alice, talk to me. Please." He looked at her with pain in his eyes, pain that she had caused.

"No. I can't talk about this to people. Not even you Ryan."

The more you reject him Alice, the worse the pain gets. Her doubt, known as Megan, started.

Shut. Up. Alice told the annoying voice.

What? It's the truth!

No, it isn't.

"Alice, please. Talk to me." He pleaded for the information, but she wouldn't give it up and tell him.

Tell him, Alice! He has the right to know the truth! Megan begged her.

"No," Alice said the one word that broke his heart and her own a little too.

She started to walk away from him.

"Why? Why can't you tell me? Of all people?" Ryan had to know, so he grabbed her arm in efforts to make her stay. "I'm your Ma-"

"No, you're not that person to me. You think you are, but you aren't. OK? Deal with it. I'm someone else's, not yours." She turned away from him again, but he stopped her from moving away.

"You were mine once Alice. Don't you remember?" His hand traced her cheek when she felt- and he saw- tears starting to emerge. The way it used to be.

"But I'm not yours anymore."

"Do. You. Remember?" He repeated, begging for the answer with his eyes and his motions.

The tone he had in his voice was enough to finally break the walls Alice had spent years building around her. It was enough for her to finally drop her facade. It was enough to bring back old feelings and memories long forgotten.

It was enough to...