He had no idea how he felt. Right now, he was tied up in a million knots, and he couldn’t say things he didn’t mean, just to make the moment easier. But he marveled at her courage to speak, and beneath his confusion and despair, he believed her. He believed she did love him. And that humbled him. Maybe someday, as the knots became unraveled, this moment would wrap around him, tying him to her.
