“I can’t…” Chloe stops, her throat closing around the rest of the words, and Ryan doesn’t make her say them, for Chloe’s eyes say every thing that won’t leave her throat.
“I know. It’s the reason I fell in love with you.” With a touch soft enough to free a butterfly from a spider’s web without injury to either, Ryan brushes Chloe’s cheek with her right hand. Inside her chest, Chloe’s heart races at Ryan’s words and she sees the honesty, love, and sadness in Ryan’s eyes before Ryan drops her eyes, a tear escaping before she has a chance to fight it back. Before more tears escape, Ryan turns and walks towards the door, pushing it open and walks away. Chloe watches Ryan’s figure move away from her- praying that she looks back- knowing she won’t. Ryan’s words from that day come back to Chloe as the tears pour down Chloe’s face.
“If you looked me in the eye and told me to walk away from the best thing that’s happened in my life, I would. If that was what you wanted, I would do it.”
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