My chest and neck flushed hot. “But I’m more afraid of what will happen to me if there’s no one to take care of me.” “I won’t abandon you,” he promised, running his thumb over my bottom lip. “And I won’t let anyone hurt you. I promised you that already, little finch.” “I know, but other people have said the same.” “I told you I’m not like everyone else. But you need me to prove it, don’t you? That’s all right. I can do that.”
