Nathaniel plopped back down on the couch, picked up the glass Alisson had left on the table, and drank what was left. By God; he fell in love with his wife. But with this acceptance come fears, he fears love and the harm he may suffer if he loses her. Love is amazing, but if you don't take care of it it can destroy you. He knows how damaging it can be to love one person too much, but he also knows what it is like to live in ignorance of it. Since his mother's death, he has tried to avoid it at all costs; his adoptive family loves him, that fact he accepted recently thanks to Mary, but thanks to Polly he understood that he can love too. He felt a layer of sweat covering his forehead. His fears haunted him and his ghosts kept him trapped. He saw his father over and over agai

