“Thank you for telling me the truth,” she says, easing out of my embrace. She wraps her arms around herself. “I love you enough to protect you from my father. As much as I love the old bastard, I know how ruthless he is. I know it’s no idle threat. I would die if you died, Leo, so I would rather live my life missing you every single second of every minute of every hour of every day, knowing you are still out there somewhere, living your life without me in it.”
