To no avail

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“Brynn? Brynn?” Alissa had called her name for her to take her bath, breaking Brynn’s thought; she had been lost in the clouds of her dark thoughts since the time they had landed.

It took everything in her not to cry and scream out her frustration at Killian and just tell him the damn truth, but it was harder than she had thought.

All the while, on the trip back to him, she had locked herself in a wall and was hesitant to even look at him as they were both in the car; she had hoped Killian didn’t notice that she was so apprehensive and guarded.

“ Brynn!” Alissa called again, as Brynn had almost been sealed back by her thoughts.

“I’m sorry, I’m just…”

Are you okay, Brynn? You know you can tell me anything; I won’t judge; I’ll listen to you; you don’t look at yourself. Alissa says as she comes around the bed and comes to sit down close to Brynn, causing the bed to dip lightly before she takes Brynn’s hand,

“Tell me, I swear I’ll listen. Did something happen during the trip with mas