“But as soon as you left, I only felt worse,” he said. “Because there is no place that’s safe for you, as you said earlier.” “No. There isn’t,” I agreed, voice thick with emotion. “But I feel safest here. And I know I said I don’t care if you send me away, but that isn’t true, I…” “Sending you away once nearly broke me,” he said, shaking his head. “I don’t think I could do it a second time.” “So you’re stuck with me until the end, it seems.” “There are worse fates, I’m sure.”
