Leaving Eva (The Eva Series Book 1) by Sivec Jennifer

Author:Sivec, Jennifer [Sivec, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Booktrope
Published: 2015-04-08T07:00:00+00:00

Brynn Letting Go

ADAM RELUCTANTLY AGREED not to tell his parents about Brynn’s scars. But now she was his. And he made her promise that the cutting would stop for him. Somehow, only for him she thought that maybe she could. He eased her pain and she let him. He became her safety and her sanctity, and she didn’t think about her blade as much anymore.

After Thomas died, Brynn told Adam about her tortured childhood. They were sitting on a blanket at their favorite spot in Adam’s spacious back yard, under the tree.

“I didn’t want to tell you this before,” she said avoiding his gaze, looking down at her hands. She had wanted to tell him for so long, but she wasn’t ready. “He was a horrible man. He… hit me… a lot. Mostly when he drank… he said I wasn’t going to ever be much of anything in life.” She could tell that Adam was getting angry, his breath was getting faster, and she saw him clenching his fists tightly.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” he said trying to control his anger. “I would have killed him. I would have protected you! Why didn’t you let me protect you?”

“Nobody could protect me from him. Not even my mother, she couldn’t stop him.” Brynn was ashamed, and Adam could tell. “He hurt me because he said he could. He said he bought and paid for me so that he could do whatever he wanted. He hated me because Rose never loved him, and he said it was because of me.”

He sat quietly by her side holding her hand. He knew that he couldn’t talk because he knew that if he talked he would cry, and he didn’t want to cry. He wanted to be strong for her. He sat silently in disbelief trying to take her words in and understand how Thomas could possibly hurt someone as sweet as Brynn. Adam thought about what he would have done to him if he had known.

He realized that, as close to her as he was, he still wasn’t close enough. He knew that she kept space between them and he was determined to bridge it, even if it took all of his life to do it.

“I’ll never hurt you, Brynn.” He was stroking her hair as he held her.

“I’m afraid all of the time,” she said into his chest. “I’m afraid that I will trust you, and that you will end up hurting me. I’m afraid that I’m not good enough for you. I’m afraid to laugh and to just enjoy my life. I don’t know how to.” Adam was the only one she could talk to, the only one she could tell her secrets and her thoughts to, and he understood how she felt. Brynn was the only one that really listened to Adam and loved him for who he was. Adam felt that Brynn understood him. She drew out his best, and she inspired him to reach his fullest potential when they were together.

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