“Because sometimes people don’t know how to ask for what they really need. You needed a hug.” “No. I didn’t,” he rasped. He was quiet for a long moment, and I listened to his heartbeat. “I needed you.” My own breath tripped in my throat. I tried to pull back to look up at him, but he held me where I was. “Just shut up, Daisy,” he advised. “Okay.”
