Dailey stepped in and set the tray down. "Time for dinner."

Nelly looked up at Dailey, her face pale against the deep black of her pupils.

Dailey, with one hand in his pocket, stood still, his expression indifferent.

After a long moment of eye contact, Nelly cracked a smile, "Dai, you're here to dig up some dirt on me, aren't you?"

Dailey remained silent.

Nelly took a sip of her soup and spoke slowly, "This is getting boring. How about you agree to a condition of mine? I'll cancel the appointment, and we can go back to how things were before." Dailey had an inkling of what the condition might be.

He had thought Nelly's feelings for him were just a phase. They lived under the same roof, saw each other every day; it was normal for feelings to develop at that age.

He had believed that with the years spent abroad and the passage of time, those adolescent emotions would have faded.

But instead, they had persisted, even intensified.

After a long silence, he spoke frankly, "Honestly, I don't think this is what liking someone is supposed to feel like."

"How can it be 'liking' if it makes someone uncomfortable?"

it not liking? I want to possess you, just like you want to possess Christine. How can you say it's

to discuss this

was too far

"Eat."

"I

you? That's why you're

"Being with other guys abroad,

had found out about her

back to the way they were. Now,

the fact that

just promise me you'll cut ties with Christine forever, and

you again,

only death could part him and

for now, he held

"Take care of yourself."

he turned and

the nightstand for a while, then suddenly, she swept it onto the floor, shattering

...

before Dailey and I went to RiverCity, Nelly

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