Chapter Nineteen: Everything is Revealed

My subconscious replayed the events at the car the first day we had been together. Fucking him had made my life brighter. I had fallen in love with him so deeply that everything else pales in comparison to the peace I felt when I was in his arms. “Babe…” He tapped my hand softly, and I drifted back to the present. My hands were too tight around his neck. I had been so lost in my fear of losing him that I nearly strangled him. "What's on your mind, darling?” Evans whispered in my ears; I could perceive the thin smell of the coffee we had earlier. "Nothing; I just have a lot on my mind," I replied, squeezing his fingers that were in front of me. “What’s on your mind, dear? You have that look,” he asked again. "What look?” “The one that brings the lines to your face.” I turned toward him. “Why do you avoid telling me about your family or about your personal life? You've known me for months now, and you know almost everything about me, but I can’t say the same for you." I looked