/Jane Kurt heaved a sigh of relief and moved closer to me before wrapping his arms around me and pressing me against his chest. He pleaded with me, "Baby Girl, please calm down," while he pressed my face firmly against his neck and buried his hand in the back of my hair. "Please calm down." "I truly apologize. I should have stayed to reassure you that I was fine, but I left instead. I did not consider that possibility. He murmured something reassuring to me as he gently rubbed the small of my back. "All I could think about was my need to have you safe and as far away from trouble as possible," he said. It was almost as if he was aware of what I was doing to myself because his palm wrapped over the one I was using to grip the inside of my elbow, and he yanked it away, instead guiding m

