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He was close enough to see the tears streaming down her cheeks.

Ah, hell. He hadn’t meant to cause that.

“You want to know what my life was like?” she pushed.

“Imagine the worst day you’ve ever had…” Her eyes were wild; he’d never seen her like this before. “And then imagine people were getting hurt all around you and you had no power to stop it.”

“Tell me what he did to you, Melissa,” he said. He needed to hear the words.

“Right now all I can think about is staying alive so that I can take care of my little girl. I get that you hate me. I hurt you and I probably deserve whatever anger you hurl at me. But my life has been hell and I just want this nightmare to end. Nothing else matters until it does.”

Colin couldn’t think of one positive thing to say to calm her down so he threw all caution to the wind, pulled her into his arms and kissed her.