He couldn’t possibly hate Earth when the woman he craved to be around lived on the planet.
A lifetime of trying to run away, wanting to escape and never return, despising even setting foot back on the planet longer than he had to were thrown out the window when he committed himself to getting to know Phatima.
To becoming a friend and maintaining that a friendship with the woman.
But it was true that he loved her.
He knew he cared a great deal about her well-being, it worried him if he didn’t know how she was doing or when he couldn’t help her through something difficult.
As he turned to look at her stricken expression, he knew that admission caught her off guard as much as it caught him off guard.
“I feel responsible for you,” he started, turning to face her fully while he tried t
