Page 88 of Marvelous

Jekyll – Rain hellfire.

Me – Rain hellfire.

I went into the guest bedroom and started packing my stuff.

Cassie came walking in then and handed me the thing I was about to reach for.

She smiled.

But it wasn’t that bright smile I’ve come to love.

It was a sad smile.

She was trying to put on a brave front for me.

And she didn’t know how much I appreciated it.

I knew that if I had told her about the man we were going after, how dangerous he was, she would have sat on me and not let me leave.

And I loved that fact about her.

Smaller than me.

Untrained.

But never would she stop trying to protect me.

To keep me safe.

With the last of my things packed, I stalked over to her, wrapped her in my arms, and kissed her.

Cassie

“Stay right there for me, okay?” he asked.

I stayed right where I was, tangled up in his sheets.

I smiled up at him, “Why do you do that?”

He winked, “Cause when shit gets crazy, it always helps to have an image in my head to keep me grounded.”

“And you want me to be that image?” I asked.

“For what I do. Yeah. I need you to be that image, Cupcake.”

I didn’t know all that he did.

And I never would.

But if I could give him this... then I would do it. Gladly.

I just didn’t know that the moment I waved him off... things would change.

Change in a way that no one ever wants to happen.

‘The pain that you’ve been feeling can’t compare to the joy that’s coming.’

– Romans 8:18.