A severe pain lanced Sara. She shouldn’t be feeling pain, yet she also couldn’t quite believe he was being so harsh. So this is what it would feel like when the time came. Well, the time had come. She tried to pull her hands from his. He wouldn’t let her go. A spark of anger restored her equilibrium.

“Simon—”

“Let me explain. I don’t think you know what I mean.”

Oh God, he was going to explain, and she’d just blubbered all over him. She spoke quickly, “No, really, I do; ...