She hesitantly took his offered arm, and then allowed him to pull her to her feet. Once she got up, she tried to steady her shaky legs.
"Is everything okay?" she asked nervously.
"Yeah," he replied, smiling weakly. "Everything's fine."
She hesitated for a moment before she took his hand and they walked towards the front door. "Do you still love me?" she whispered, staring up at him.
He stopped walking for a moment and looked down at her. A look of sadness filled his eyes. "Of course I still love you," he assured her. "More than anything."
She smiled sadly. "Good." She didn't want to force Evander into anything. She wanted to give him whatever space he needed. She wanted him to come to terms with everything that was going on in his own time.
But, most importantly, she just wanted ever
