“For me, for you, both of us, I guess.” Torin’s breath shuddered inside his chest, shaking his whole body. “You were in danger and it was the easiest way to get you away from me.” “Your father?” I guessed. He nodded. “What’s changed then?” Torin met my eyes. A beat of silence slithered through the air and then he answered. I didn’t know it then, that his answer would change the rest of our relationship. “Barbie.”
