Chapter Seven
She might have plugged in her earbuds, but the fact of the matter was that it had just been a ruse to get Samuel to leave. There was a lot she knew she’d never understand about Samuel, what made him tick, and why he chose to do the things he did—to continually hurt those he said he loved. But there was one thing she knew as sure as the rain. Samuel had a fear of commitment.
She’d always been able to recognize the signs. They’d once been as close as two lovers could get, but there’d always been this side of him that he kept locked away and no one could touch. She always felt it, maybe before he even felt it himself. It was a fear of being hurt, of opening up a part of himself that he’d closed off forever. She could almost see the moment that door cracked open, that moment of
