ElevatingHearts
"Your eyes shine so bright. I want to save that light, James." I said to him, speaking softly and calmly to him. So soon I would have to leave. No matter how badly I love James, there is no way I could put him through everything that is happening.
"Hailey..." James said in a quiet voice, the hurt showing in his eyes. He took a step closer to me, just for me to take a step back away from him.
"No." I said to him. "Look in my eyes. I have demons inside of them! There is a beast living inside of me! It is woven in my soul, so I need to let you go."
"There has to be a way for this to work, Hailey! There-there has to be some way for you to control it without going away for God knows how long!" James' eyes were beginning to fill with tears, which I tried to ignore.
"No, there isn't! I can't escape this until somebody shows me how!" I was shouting now, being frustrated with having to leave him. Two years was going down the drain just like this, and I was leaving in an argument. I didn't want it to be like this. "I'm sorry, James. I.. I have to go..."