Chapter 42: Broken together

Rowan

I looked down at him, the pain I could see clearly painted on his face bothered me. He stood there, small and vulnerable as he waited for me to take his pain away.

If I did what he was asking me to, then I wouldn't be any different from the asshole that did that to him.

"Soren, I can't… Please don't make me," my words came out in a plea. 

I bent my head to touch his forehead, hoping he would understand what I was trying to say. I wanted him to know I would do anything for him, anything at all.

Just not this.

"Let me go," he whispered.

"No," I shook my head

He was pleading for me to let him go but I couldn't do that.

His fists pounded against my chest, his cries echoing in the tiled bathroom. "Let me go!" He screamed, thrashing against me, his voice filled with desperation and anger. But I still didn't let go. I couldn't.