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"I have?" he asked, the surprise evident in his voice

Unable to hold back anymore, I threwto Rev-- arms came up to wrap around me and I leaned into his e you here wasn’t supposed to be aboutabout that"

"You’re not?"

Pulling away, I gazed up at hi because of hoeet you are"

His shocked expression was al because ofand selfless as you are You barely knowto help me heal It’s truly noble"

His cheeks flushed pink at my compliments "Well, I don’t know about all that"

"It’s the truth Believe rateful that you brought ive it a try"

"You do?"

"Yeah, I do"

A relieved look flashed in his eyes "I’ to the water, he asked, "Ready?"

"I don’t have to get undressed?"

Rev s you’re not co, but at the saseconds, I stood frozen, unsure of what to do

"I can understand if you want to do this alone I can head back into the woods to give you so my bottom lip, I debated his offer My pain was very personal and very private Although Rev had been a witness to a lot of it, I wasn’t sure if I wanted hie myself of the horror I had endured To not have to worry about hiain The idea was very freeing "I think I would like to go in alone"

"That’s totally understandable I won’t go far Call for me if you need h the high grass and into the woods Once he was out of sight, I reached down to take off my shoes I then took a tentative step into the water, quickly drawing back and sucking in a breath at how cold it was My feet sank into the cool mud of the bank But when it came time to take another step, I suddenly froze It wasn’t that I couldn’t do it alone--it’s just that I didn’t want to Whirling around, I saw that Rev had rass "Rev!" I cried out