Something inside of me hummed, as if it all else in the room was a distant echo. The only noise left was that of my focused breathing and Desmonds voice from across the table. I had resisted the pulling desire to be close to him, but it was like a magnet, drawing me closer each day. I had refereed this exhausting match between my mind and heart, attempting to remind my heart that he had caused me pain, my heart wanting to forget. Desmond continued to go above and beyond on every level. Space? Absolutely. Time? Yes. Patience? More than I had expected. Another thing I didn’t expect was for him to give me a life. Not just a promised life in the future. No, what he was giving me was so much more than that. He was giving me my life. The life I never knew about. The life I missed. The life tha

