Joshua flinched as he felt a small, soft hand cupped his cheek.
“Josh.” Jess’s soft voice came. He shut his eyes even harder, too scared to look at her and see the hate and disgust on Jess’s face.
“Josh, please open your eyes.” Jess asked him, but he kept them shut. Jess lifted her other hand and placed them both on Joshua face. She took her thumbs and lightly ran them over Joshua’s closed lids. She did this for a few minutes, before his eyelids relaxed and weren’t shut as tightly.
“Please look at me.” Jess asked again as he removed her hands from his face and laid them on top of his shoulders. Joshua sighed heavily before he did as Jess asked. He looked down at Jess. Her bottom lip was swallow and there were drake circles forming on her neck. He had done that to her. He had ripped open
