"I refused to eat my dinner once. It was liver, and it was slimy and gray and cold. He… he force-fed it to me while she held my hands behind my back. Just jammed it down my throat, plugged my nose.” She stared at her hands. “It was the most disgusting thing I’d ever seen or tasted, and I threw it all up right away. Then he got a spoon and he… he…” She stopped.
“Reena, no,” Mitch said softly. “Please don’t tell me they made you do that.”
She nodded and took a deep breath. “I haven’t eaten meat since.”
Mitch reached out and took her small hand in his massive one. “Holy f**k, babe. I’m so, so sorry.”
“It’s OK.” She wiped the tears from her eyes, and his gut twisted at her hurt. “It was a long time ago.”
He wanted to pull her to him right now, to offer her some comfort. But he resisted it
