As Kelly just sat there with her arms now crossed over her chest while she watched me, I shifted uncomfortably in my chair and looked at the remaining puff that didn't look appetizing anymore.
Finally, with a shaky exhale, I admitted the truth. “Well, it’s going to be hard to leave him.”
Kelly didn’t react…she just kept looking at me as she waited for me to continue.
I swallowed and then did as she wanted. “I tried to avoid him all day. I told myself it was the right thing to do.” My voice wavered at this point but I forced myself to keep talking. “But then, when he touched me this evening…” My breath hitched slightly at the memory. “When he touched me again…I almost kissed him again.”
A muscle in Kelly’s jaw twitched in response but she did not say anything.
I looked down at my lap
