She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 729:

“I’m taking you to meet someone,” Freya said, deciding to prepare him gently. “You can see if you like being around him. If you do…” She trailed off, trying to find the right words for someone with the mind of a five-year-old.

Before she could figure it out, Kristian’s voice cut through the silence, low, fragile. “You’re not going to leave me, are you?”

“No,” Freya said at once.

Kristian’s lips pressed into a thin line, his eyes swimming with quiet dread. So, in the end, she didn’t want him after all.

Freya noticed the shift in his mood. Remembering his fragile mental state, she tried to ease him. “I just want you to see who you feel comfortable with. If you meet him and you like him, I can…”

“I only want to be with you!” Kristian broke in before she could finish.

“I don’t like anyone else.”

He hadn’t been happy with that doctor before—not one bit. He wanted nothing to do with that man.

anything back. She figured it made sense—Kristian hadn’t been around many

doctor. For a kid,

the apartment building where

at the entrance—he’d skipped work

saw Freya step out of the car, Gerard started to greet her—then spotted Kristian stepping out from the passenger side to stand

Shaw, you…” Gerard

ɯoɔ.slǝʌou˥ɐƃ uo sǝɐsǝɹ lɐıɔıɟɟo

him a wary stare, then edged behind Freya, as if

blinked, confused. What on earth was

what happened to him?” he

Freya explained. She figured it was safe to be honest—Gerard was someone Kristian trusted. “He’s just a little shy with new

a few lingering

ripped from a soap opera—amnesia and all. But he didn’t push for more details on the doorstep. He punched in the code and

pouring them each a glass of water, he leaned in and finally asked what was really