All while someone finally proved they were worth having around.
“You don’t have to-.” Harper was surprised when Maximus pulled her feet into his lap and rubbed them with strong hands as he gently asked, “You okay? That all seemed rough.” Embarrassed he had gotten a huge glaring red flag about her probably, Harper didn’t want to peel back the foil and show him the entire thing yet.
Maximus had been a nice presence in the last three weeks and as she warmed up to him during the winter time, she was surprised. How understanding he was when it came down to her son, how nice everything was going, and how happy she’d been feeling.
Waiting for the shoe to drop and the ugly to come out, she’d thought it’d be from him. only for her to get the reminder that she was the broken, damaged, and dram
