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Ro knew he was telling her the truth. As soon as the words left his mouth, she realized that she'd known Winston was in love with her for a long time. This fact had silently drifted in between them for years. She had grown used to it. Counted on it.
In the moments after he told her the space separating them seemed to solidify. Locked them in. Held them both captive to the other so that neither of them moved. Ro's heart seemed to beat out of her chest as she gazed into his beautiful, searching eyes.
The people playing in the water nearby, the sunshine of late afternoon, the shimmering water that lapped at the edge of their rock, all of this slipped away. What remained was a bubble that surrounded them, protected them from the outside world.
For a moment.
That moment was full of trut
