RYDER Ivy looked conflicted as I gave her the choice to walk away if she wanted, and I wondered what she was thinking. As I watched her, I could see her face expressing all that she felt at the same time. There was yearning but also fear in her eyes. Then there was confusion and even though I knew she was having an inner crisis with herself, it gladdened me to realize I could make her feel that way because I thought she was going to leave immediately I opened the door for her but here she was now, struggling to decide because we had always both known that we couldn’t help what we felt for each other. At first, I thought she didn’t care even a little for my presence because she always acted so indifferent around me but seeing her this way made my heart swell with satisfaction because no

