Chapter 97 His Past And His Present

• I D R I S
• We were in his bedroom now after the warm bath as we were both in our towel while completely naked under it. I gave him a big embrace after he opened up to me about all that had transpired in his life, how he had accepted responsibility for what Gayle had actually done, how he was placed in jail instead of her because he chose to, and how eager he had been to do that for her. But only a year after Sage was sent in jail, she had already settled on another guy.
• We were quietly hanging onto one other as if we were draining each other's energy, and I held him even closer as I let him return the favor. However, I knew that he was finding it very difficult to talk about this, especially after the way that he had kept everything a secret in order to protect her.