Chapter 12
“Tia! Where are you?” Zayn looked around the barn. He could hear her crying.
He looked up and could hear that she was up in the loft.
He climbed the ladder up and saw her lying down on a bale of hay. Almost sobbing.
He quietly walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her. Drawing her in close to him.
She tried to push him away, but he wouldn’t let go. “Let go of me.” She cried.
“Not this time love.” He said. Brushing her hair back from her face.
He sat up, pulling her with him. He kept his arms tightly around her.
And every time she tried to pull away, he would tighten his hold on her. “Talk to me. Tell me what’s wrong Tia. I can’t stand to see you cry. You know that.”
“That article, everything in there was right.” She said between sobs.
“Everything that you read was right on. You and I both know it.”
“It was just an article love. Do you honestly believe everything you read?”
Tia sat up to look up at him.
He wiped the tears from her eyes and cheeks. The gesture so gentle, it made her heart ache even more.
“Zayn, you were my rock. And I didn’t trust in myself enough to trust in you. I shattered the rock that you were and I can never forgive myself for that.”
Zayn looked at her. He was confused by her words.
He reached up to cup her cheek.
“I’m still your rock. If you’ll let me love.”
“It’s not that easy.”
“Why isn’t it? I still care about you. A lot. You know that.”
“You’re involved Zayn. Engaged! Do you think that I haven’t forgotten that? Knowing that you love someone else?”
Tia stood up and walked over to the door that was open. She could hear him behind her.
Zayn reached up to touch her shoulder.
She knew he was there.“Don’t. Please.”
“Why did you leave?” His voice soft. Soothing.
Tia closed her eyes. “Didn’t Doniya tell you?”
