Hole in My Heart

“Just tell him!”

“I can’t.”

“Why not?” Rois demanded.

She expected a list; a short rambling off of excuses or some reasoning that made sense in that stupidly self sacrificing head of his. Hell, even a complete and utter dismissal of the topic.

What she didn’t expect was for Wes to turn away and say in a voice that sounded so damn pained;

“Because I can’t lose him.”