/Gerald/
I shouldn’t have come.
That’s what I told myself as I walked out of her apartment, the scent of her skin still in my lungs, the taste of almost kissing her was still on my tongue.
But the truth?
I wasn’t ready to leave.
I wasn’t ready to let her go not when I knew Dave’s voice had pulled her back from the edge, and mine had almost pushed her over it.
Her breathless silence, the heat between us, the confession she didn’t say aloud… She wanted me. Still did. But fear was a stubborn thing.
The elevator door slid shut behind me with a cold chime. And as I descended to the lobby, I let my mind drift to the earlier phone call. The one that changed everything. I recall the call that took place between my son and I before I came over to see sunshine.
Dave’s voice came through the
