Jace shuffled up to me, and taking my hand in his, reached out and turned my face toward him with his fingertips. “I would spend an eternity getting you to open up to me, but I leave on Thursday, so…” He smiled lightly my way. “Maybe there’s nothing to tell…” I lied – badly. Jace gave me a knowing look. “Oh, there is. I promise you can tell me, and I won’t judge.” Looking in his sparkling green eyes, deep down I knew that I could trust him, and after all of his help that he had given me over the past couple of days, I suppose it was only fair to tell him why he was always helping out what seemed to be an emotional wreck. Even though my faith in men had been shaken, I had to remember that Jace wasn’t the same person that my ex was – thank goodness. “You really want to know?” I

