I sighed as I pushed myself up and made to leave the room after Carl when I felt Derek’s hand slip into mine and he gently pulled me back. I stopped and turned slowly to look at him.
“Jessie.” Bryce said gently,
“I’ll follow you.” I said gently, he nodded
“Two minutes.” he said I nodded again. As Carl gently walked into the hallway and closed the door softly behind him. I slowly turned to look at Derek whose eyes were a beautiful burnished gold, so beautiful, so intense.
“You can’t go.” He said softly no flowery words just plain simple Honest Derek saying exactly what he meant.
“I have to.” I said gently he shook his head,
“No ” he said in a whisper “if this doesn’t…if we can't ” he bit his lip as if horrified to even be c
