Before she could walk away, Stefan was in front of her and said, “No, look I got the s**t knocked out of me, okay? You’re right about that and it did cause me to learn a lesson. I...I was in a situation with someone and we handled something so different and it broke me. And no one got how I felt but, I knew it would have been so much different with you. And that was all I could think about and that’s when I knew I’d really messed up. I wanted it to be you, and us, and it would have ended differently.”
His tone thick at the end, Penelope heard the pain and didn’t have to guess what the situation was and how it would have ended differently. But she also knew? This was not her pain or problem.
“Stefan I’m sorry you’re in pain. I hope whatever happened heals within you. But I’m not the sol
