Chapter 40

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I wait a while for the messages. By the time they come in, I've already taken off my shoes and vanished into the vortex that is Instagram for over an hour.

Aiden: McKay

Aiden: I need to talk you. Pick up

Aiden: Why arent you picking up?

Aiden: McKay, please

Aiden: I can see that you don't want to talk to me, but at least read it

Aiden: When I was younger, I went to this place with my mother in Wembley. It was a small cottage where my grandparents used to live when they were alive. I never met them, but I knew a lot of them. They loved their only daughter dearly and left the house for her when they passed away. My mom told me that her parents knew that my father was hitting her. Her father told her that it was good, because discipline shouldn't end in the home you grew up in or some other idiocy. But my grandmother knew what that was. She didn't want her daughter to have to endure the same things she did, non-stop. She told my mother to use the house they were leaving for her as a haven from my father. All these years, she has been using that house and well... My point is that I know you're afraid that I'll harm you physically, but I want you to know that it doesn't have to be like that. I don't want you to need a place you can go to feel safe. I want to be where you feel safe. I want to be your refuge. Please don't be afraid of me, Princess. I promise, you don't have to be. I can be your place of comfort if you let me. There's nothing else I want. Please forgive me.

Aiden: And please forgive me for not being with you physically. I promise, I will apologize to you in person.

Aiden: Are you there????

Aiden: Please say something Princess

Aiden: Please call me back when you can

Aiden: It's okay if you're busy...or mad

Aiden: Just text me saying you're still mad

Aiden: I need to know that you're okay

Aiden: MCKAY!!!!

Aiden: Jesus, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm an idiot. I know I don't deserve you or a second chance, but please Princess. Please think about how good we are for each other. I know I'm not alone in this.

Aiden: Of course I love you. I don't need time to know that. Just thinking of losing you makes me panic

Aiden: I can see how it might seem like I'm saying that because I'm desperate to get you back, but I promise it's the truth

Aiden: Princess, please

I stop. I can barely squeeze through a breath with my throat this closed.

 I can barely squeeze through a breath with my throat this closed

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My poor Aden.

Aiden: You don't have to tell me that you love me back. I promise, I won't be offended

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