Page 26 of Wild Ever After
“None of it was your fault. None of it was deserved. I thought you understood that.”
“I did.”
“I thought you understood I was just looking out for you.”
“I did.”
“Then why did you stay away? Why didn’t you come back? Why wouldn’t you talk to me?”
“I…” She didn’t continue her thought or whatever she started to say. She sighed instead and the sound was so forlorn that Harry almost let her get away with not answering. But he couldn’t do that to either of them anymore. The longer this continued, the harder it would be to overcome.
“I faced it all. I dealt with it all. I wanted —”
“Yes, Harry. You. Wanted. You wanted it that way, but you didn’t play fair and you didn’t have that right. It was our life. It wasmylife.”
He was stunned by her outburst, by her anger, but not by her hurt. “What are you saying, Bella?”
