NICOLE

It's been days since the whole encounter with Garith, yet every time I close my eyes, my mind takes me right back to that awful moment.

In other words, when I'm not actively remembering all that shit, I'm dreaming it.

Roman hasn't left my side once. He looks so guilty all the time. I can see it in the way he looks at me, and then there's the way he touches me. I know he blames himself, and it's partly my fault because I wasn't able to properly tell him just how grateful I am that he ...