She stared into his eyes passionately.
“You know I can’t just forgive you..” he said, a saddened look on his face.
“I know.” she said, looking at the ground.
“You can’t run away from everything.”
“I know.” she said, shifting her weight.
He put his arms around her gently and held her close. She gently wept and put her arms around him, too.
They began to walk back to the apartment building.
“Promise me you’ll never run away anymore when things get bad.” Michael said.
“I promise.” Nolee replied.
They got home and went to bed. The next morning the cops were back. They were asking about the drinking again. The place where she’d been seen with underage drinkers who kidnapped her and brought her there. She’d escaped. Now the cops were back.
“I was there against my will.” Nolee said to them.