Chapter 33. Friendly Shoulder

When Aaron came back to the room from its en-suite bathroom, it was to find Samantha leaning against the door.

“Sandra came after all.” Aaron’s voice sounded so hoarse it wouldn’t have taken a genius to know he’d been crying. His red eyes definitely didn’t do much help either.

“You’ve been crying,” Samantha stated the obvious. 

“It’s nothing,” Aaron muttered.

“Since when do you cry over nothing?” Samantha went to sit on the bed, watching as Aaron pulled up his jeans beneath the towel around his waist. “You better tell me what’s going on Aaron. That man loves you and it’s obvious you love him right back. So why can’t you just forgive him for whatever he’s done to you and move on? No one is perfect. If you love someone, you have to love them plus all their imperfections.”

“It’s complicated Sammie,” Aaron muttered as he pulled on a t-shirt. “He’ll just keep on hurting me I know.”

“But that didn’t stop you from inviting him over.”

“I didn’t