Claire lets go of a shaky breath and sinks down into the chair again, without letting go of John’s hand. It’s difficult to continue feeling as she had in Jamaica when he’s been nothing but perfectly kind. If she’s honest, she has no idea what she feels.
Managing something like a laugh, she clears her throat and squeezes his hand before finally letting go.
“I never wanted her to follow me. It’s so dangerous—well, you know.”
She doesn’t assume he knows anything about her, specifically. Claire’s thinking of the violations she’s endured, the violence she’s witnessed. “What is it about women that men find so frightening?”
It’s more of a rhetorical question, still absorbing that Brianna will reunite with her in the future. Despite her words, there’s warmth she can’t help letting bloom in her heart.
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Managing something like a laugh, she clears her throat and squeezes his hand before finally letting go.
“I never wanted her to follow me. It’s so dangerous—well, you know.”
She doesn’t assume he knows anything about her, specifically. Claire’s thinking of the violations she’s endured, the violence she’s witnessed. “What is it about women that men find so frightening?”
It’s more of a rhetorical question, still absorbing that Brianna will reunite with her in the future. Despite her words, there’s warmth she can’t help letting bloom in her heart.