“For a long time, she was the only friend I had.” That hurts and it also makes me incredibly sad for him. “Does she know about you? About your past?” He shakes his head. “You’re the only one I’ve ever told that story to. She’s not stupid; she knows I’m not from Vegas. But she never cared. She never asked anything of me. Before you, with her was the only place I felt safe.” Oh God, my heart. I don’t know how much more of this it can take. In a shaking voice, I say, “I can’t compete with that, A.J.” “You don’t have to, baby. There’s no competition; all of me belongs to you. It has from the very
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