"Esmeralda Fostis!" I demanded. "Don't you dare do this to me, not to me, not like the others!" I grab her arm and drag her onto the wall. I pin her there, seething. "Can't you see, Esme? I'm right here, I've always been right here! Don't shut me out, You can never shut me out!" "I can't see!" she yells back. "That's the thing Claude, I can't see! Why do you want a girl who can't see?" Her voice breaks at the end. She sags against my weight, defeat overcoming her. Impulsively, I pull her towards me and pulled her into a hug. Softly, I whispered. "Esme, first off, I love you. I wouldn't be acting bat shit crazy if I didn't. She smiles faintly. "I love you because I can see for you." I tighten my hands around her waist. "I can see that you are the most beautiful thing I have ever laid eyes on, literally. I can see how observant your are, I can see how utterly brilliant you are. More of all, I can see you, like you see me." "Like what?" she ask softly now. I smile cunningly. "Blindly irresistible."

Dominic List is just an ordinary guy from the south trying to hide from his horrible past that had haunted him since the day his father died. He sets off to Oregon after receiving job promotion and gladly escapes his home town, leaving his sister and deranged mother behind. On the road Dom meets a lost girl, who proves to also be a lunatic in serious need of mental attention. Dom knows that helping this girl would only add more frustration to his life but being the kind country guy he is, he offers to take her home. But that's just a start. Who knew that helping this psychotic girl, could have ended up getting Dom in and out of jail twice, fighting the truth of his past, and fighting and overpowering the two most unlikely enemy's in Oregon. Not to mention all the while falling for the damaged, broken Fay.

I put a gun up to my head, if only to be with you. [trigger warning] ••• highest ranking: poetry # 101 short story # 237