Dorothy hesitated, thought about saying yes, since that would make things better. But it wouldn’t be fair to Jimmy because she didn’t love him like that. She had never loved him in the way that two hearts should be drawn together. Instead she’d made mistakes in her desperation and done things she shouldn’t have. With all her being, she didn’t mean to hurt him. “You know I can’t...” “Who else are you going to find to take care of you?” His hand skimmed the side of her face, cradling it. “Why?” Dorothy tore herself away from him. “Because everyone in town thinks of me as Crazy Dorothy?”
