"I killed my own mother."
Living room was spinning around her and she thought she is going to faint. She almost stopped breathing and her heart was beating fast like crazy, but she needed to know more. This man isn't a killer, he can't be. When she managed to speak it was quietly and shaky. "No, you didn't." It was more assertion than question because the moment she realized he is probably feeling remorse so he overreacted. It was like someone splashed her with ice cold water and she suddenly realized she judged him and felt the fear even before he explained what actually happened. Tessa felt her heart ripping apart for this man, she gave him a hug and that was the last thing Xavier expected to do. When she moved back she looked at him and than kissed him gently. "I am listening." She wh
