“I’ll just tell you that, I-” I swallowed, ” I dated this guy, his… his name was… Mitch. I finished, feeling the tears start to emerge.
“You don’t need to do this Fay…” He said, stroking my hair.
“Yes, I do.” I said, sitting down,and pulling him down next to me. “Well, I met him online, and we started meeting up, in person. He was fine, didn’t do drugs, no tatoos, he had good grades…” I closed my eyes, and took a deep breath. “well, I was wrong.” I said, I could no longer hold back the tears. I sobbed quietly on his shoulder.
“Thats all I need to know. You’ll be fine, shhhh…” He said, affectionately, while stroking my hair and holding me tight.
“I – I just couldn’t… I couldn’t let it happen… not again, not again…” I said, between sobs.
“I won’t let anything happen to you, like I said, I can’t stand seeing you hurt like this.” Jake said, holding me so that he could look me in the eyes. He kissed me gently on my head. “I love you.” He whispered…
“I love you too.” I whispered back.