He rested a hand on the small of her back as he guided her out of the house. He did not like this. He did not like the way she had closed in on herself. Never in the whole time he had known her had she withdrawn from him so thoroughly. It made him more determined to tell her how he felt about her. He wanted her to know she could rely on him and that they could face this together. More than anything, he wanted to put a smile back on her face and the light back in her eyes. He didn’t know ...