Chapter 16. His Side

"Stacey... I didn't mean it. I swear, I didn't plan on selling you or hurting you. Even with the girls I've been spending the night. I have my reasons," he said while looking down at his face. It seems like he felt too embarrassed to even face me.

My dear heart, you've been betraying me for quite a while now. What should I do?

He held my face and wiped the river of tears coming from both my eyes. He remained both of his hands on my cheek and kissed my eyes.

"Please stop crying in the middle of the night. Stop questioning yourself for how valuable you are. Please... come to me when you want to cry, and never run to other guys," he said, with tiny pieces of tears flowing from his eyes.

It's flowing little by little.

"Have you always been aware of it?" I asked. Yep, I've been swayed by his words... once again!

He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him. He looked at me