Pretty, Please

“We are not talking about this again, Carter,” Jimmy muttered, taking long strides out of his room.

“Of course, we are, Jimmy! You can’t just forget about her! You two were perfect!”

“Until she shut me out of her life like I meant nothing! Can you imagine how embarrassing it was? She treated me like I meant nothing in front of that a**hole! She lied to me!”

“And I’m telling you to give her the benefit of the doubt! Do you think she’d just tell you she took his kids and ran away from him? Any normal person would run away from such a person.”

“But I wasn’t going to run! I love her.”

“She wouldn’t know, okay? She was scared of losing you and that is why she told you that. I didn’t want to say anything because I wanted her to do it herself. Trust me, she left his house for very good reasons.

“I don’t blame her one bit. okay? So please calm down. She must have been on the edge because he found out where they were. Plus, don’t you even want to know how she’s doing? God knows what Arth