His expression grew even more nervous.
"Yesterday, you risked your life to save me. And that wasn't even the first time. Two months ago in Londale, you were the one in the car that crashed into Bowden's, weren't you?"
He nodded silently.
"Edmund, can you tell me... when did you fall in love with me?" I finally gathered the courage to ask the question I had been suppressing for so long.
He blinked. Something burned in his deep gray eyes.
His Adam's apple bobbed.
"Back in Londale."
My heart raced. He admitted it! He admitted he loved me!
A complicated mix of bitterness, emotion, and wild joy washed over me.
I tried to keep my voice steady. "Was it at Stanley's art exhibition? Or at that social banquet?"
He swallowed again, his voice dropping very low. "When we were in school in Lon
