"We're not anything yet" I sighed, "Before he took me, we both knew we wanted something a little more than friendship but he told me he didn't want to do that until they'd caught my stalker. He didn't want that to have anything to do with us and our relationship. He wanted to be my clean slate" I smiled as my eyes welled up.
"He seems like a good man" I made a non-commital noise in the back of my throat. He was a good man and I thought that despite everything Nick told me about his past, I wasn't so sure my mom would agree if she knew though. She must have read my mind because she defended her opinion when she continued, "I don't think he's a saint Mariya. I've always had a knack for spotting a man who's not unfamiliar with the wrong side of the law. I'm sure there's a lot in his past tha
