[ She shouldn't. Letting him stay is a bad idea, and telling him about James is even worse. But one look at him is enough to convince her that those bad ideas might be okay. With everything else already so horribly messed up, she can't make things worse, right? And he's already seen her fall apart once in the last twelve hours, so what's one more time?
Another sob tries to climb out of her throat and she bites it down with a quiet choked sound, closing her eyes and bowing her head. But then a moment later she's moving across the room, her bare feet carrying her swiftly toward the locked compartment in the far wall. She opens it with practiced ease, the drawer sliding out with a hushed click, and then she opens the secure case within. When she turns back toward him, it's with the watch clutched in her hand, but she doesn't draw attention to it as she sits on the couch.
She feels the slightest bit calmer with the watch in her grasp. It's become like a security blanket, the only physical evidence she has that she didn't dream it all up. ]
He played chess on our first day together. We needed money and he played people in the park to earn it. [ The explanation comes out easily and her heart feels lighter. Now someone else knows too. ]
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Another sob tries to climb out of her throat and she bites it down with a quiet choked sound, closing her eyes and bowing her head. But then a moment later she's moving across the room, her bare feet carrying her swiftly toward the locked compartment in the far wall. She opens it with practiced ease, the drawer sliding out with a hushed click, and then she opens the secure case within. When she turns back toward him, it's with the watch clutched in her hand, but she doesn't draw attention to it as she sits on the couch.
She feels the slightest bit calmer with the watch in her grasp. It's become like a security blanket, the only physical evidence she has that she didn't dream it all up. ]
He played chess on our first day together. We needed money and he played people in the park to earn it. [ The explanation comes out easily and her heart feels lighter. Now someone else knows too. ]