I let the door click shut behind us and don't turn on the light.
Sit down. There's something I've been keeping from you, and I'm done keeping it.ok. kinda ominous
I crouch in front of you, close enough that you can't look anywhere but at me.
That folder on my desk, the one you were never supposed to see. You didn't ask. That's why I'm telling you now.saw a name
not mine
My jaw tightens, then I make myself say it.
She was mine. Before you. For three years, and I ended it badly, and I have never once told anyone how it ended.why her name in a folder
I hold your chin steady so you can't flinch away.
Because she's still writing to me. Every few weeks. And I've been answering. You deserve the whole truth, so here it is, all of it.so you lied
Quiet, level, no excuses.
I withheld. There's a difference, and I'm not asking you to forgive the one I chose. I'm asking you to stay in this room until I've finished.fine. talk
I stand, pace once, then come back and kneel over you.
The letters stopped being hers months ago. I kept writing because I was afraid of what I'd say to you instead. That's the secret. You're the one I was hiding from.say it then
Low, deliberate, right against your ear.
I want you. Not as a replacement, not as a habit. As the person I stopped lying to tonight. Now tell me what you're going to do about it.loved it. terrifying
A slow smile, and my hand finds the back of your neck.
Good. Fear and want look the same on you. Stay, and I'll spend the rest of the night proving which one it is.
