But there were two more truths that he was holding to himself, two things that he could tell her, and they were something that he hoped would help her start to change her mind about him. He really didn’t want her to leave tomorrow, he wanted her to stay in Denver where he was sure that she’d have a dozen pairs of eyes on her, keeping her safe. But he needed to give her a reason to start to believe in him, to trust him. To have faith in what he said.
That meant putting himself out there. Being the first to be vulnerable.
He sucked at that, sucked pretty damn hard – but for Jolene, he’d give it a shot.
“Hey,” he said quietly. “You know that morning after?”
Jo knew exactly which morning after he meant. She nodded.
“I came back.”
“You came back?” she echoed. “To the cabin?”
“Yeah. I got
