Eleanor's POV.
“How is he doing?" Ren asks me quietly.
Once things had been decided in the diner on the outside of town, it had been agreed that Ren and Cheska would leave from our apartment. I could tell that the sweet, yet deadly man who had earned every part of who I was wasn't ready to let go of his baby sister. I wasn't willing to rush him.
Paul and Cheska caught up in the living room while Ren and I stood as far away as we could manage in the small apartment. We huddled to the side of the kitchen speaking quietly.
“I don't know, Ren," I answer honestly. “He's strained. I've never seen him so… pulled in so many different directions."
I would be lying if I didn't admit that Ren showing up at the diner didn't annoy the s**t out of me. I anticipated the understanding man who stoo
