Chapter Twelve
Jake
She’s starting to shiver, the wet clothes cooling down fast, as she’s staring at me, emotions flashing through her eyes, but they finally land on ‘pain’ and I watch as the wall comes down between us. f**k. Again. She’s locking me out again, not letting me help her, keeping her pain inside.
“Okay, let’s get you out of those.” I step closer, reaching out, and she lets me take the towel. Then I lift her arms up and carefully take her sweater off. We’re going to have to dry these, since she doesn’t have many clothes with her. She’s already got goosebumps as I slide my hands down her arms. “What happened?”
She shakes her head. “Nothing much.” But the tone in her voice tells me more than her words ever could. She’s in pain, something hurt her, badly. And she thinks it’s b
