wasn’t trying to control you, Lake. I said all the wrong things and didn’t give you a chance. I treated you like a child, and while I shouldn’t have done that, this is not how I needed to learn that lesson. The last few hours . . . I don’t know how to put what I’m feeling into words.” “I’m so sorry, Mark,” I whispered as I fit myself against his chest and wrapped my arms around his waist. “I hate that I worried you, and I’m sorry we didn’t talk things out. I shouldn’t have left everything up in the air the way I did.” “We have to do better, Lake,” Mark urged me quietly as he finally
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