“I can’t imagine what you feel, only how I do. I don’t know how to help you with this, but I don’t want to deal with this apart. We’re stronger together, we always have been, and making me leave you alone will only make this worse for both of us.” He sounds desperate, but it makes me more stubborn in this. His resistance making that part of me who knew he wouldn’t listen rile up to defy him.

“I don’t know how to feel, Arry. Therefore I don’t know how to deal with ...