Dazed, I stood in Elaine’s hall, unable to speak or move. After Desmond confessed his true feelings for me, he pulled me into one last embrace, taking me back to Elaine’s house. I am sure he wasn’t around me anymore as he must have already heard my answer in my thoughts. “Just leave and never return.” I had deliberately thought about these cruel words to kill every last hope in Desmond’s heart of us ever getting back together. It would certainly work if he didn’t hear my heart ...