‘I got scared, which sounds even more pathetic when I say it out loud. God. I felt us growing closer, and it freaked me the hell out, so I thought I’d put some distance between us. I was livid that you were buggering off on jury duty, because I knew I’d miss you, and it made me act out. I told myself I should put up some boundaries and remember what our relationship was supposed to be.’ He pauses. ‘Rather than what it was actually becoming, which was something real.’
