“Impossible. You cannot . . . love me.” No reason to deny it now. “Too late, because I already do.” “You shouldn’t.” She tried to mask the hurt at his reaction. If she’d expected a grand declaration of his feelings, well, the more stupid her. “I do not expect you to return my sentiment now, but it is my hope it’ll grow to happen over time.” “There’s no chance of that. You said it yourself, this is my world, not yours. You don’t belong in it, do-gooder.” Frustration and anger boiled over. “I don’t know where I belong anymore! I feel like I am between two worlds. I went to the police with the
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