Page 13 of Hidden Vows (Love in Ashford Falls #3)

Do you remember the night we first made love?

Looking back on it, I realize we were too young to be making adult decisions. But when you came running to my house that night, all I saw were the tears on your face and the heartbreak in your eyes.

I trusted that you knew what you were doing. I trusted that you knew your mind better than I possibly could.

I sometimes wonder if that was the right decision. I know you never regretted it, and I know you felt the love I had for you, but everything about that night now has a cloud over it.

I wish you’d been able to tell me what happened. I know the truth now, and I understand why you felt like you couldn’t share it with me, but I still wish things had been different.

Looking back, I can see that night for what it really was—the start of the end for us.

We should’ve realized your father would never accept me in your life. The history between our parents was too much for him to overcome.

I’ve always hated the story of Romeo and Juliet, but I get it now: how you can love someone more than life itself and still have to let them go.

I loved you then, and I love you more every day. Even though I’m not with you, I fall in love with you all over again every time I think of you.

You’re in my soul, never far from me, even if you’re thousands of miles away.