Chapter 164: A Great Rift

Leroy’s voice cracked, barely a whisper, as if the words were foreign to him. "I did?" His eyes trembled, wide with disbelief, and his chest throbbed painfully beneath his skin.

He never had thought of her that way. How could he have said such a thing if he hadn’t believed it, deep down? His own question seemed to betray him, unraveling the fragile thread of his denial.