The truth of his words hit me like a sledgehammer. I was so damn homesick and I knew I could never go back. I felt a tear slip down my face as I closed my eyes against the sympathy in Derek's. I felt him take my hand and squeeze it gently. I would not cry. I would not do it. I couldn't look at him until I knew without a doubt I had the tears locked away. Crying wasn't going to help anything.
"Just give us a chance, Kimber. I promise you this can be a good life, you just have to accept it."
"I won't give up everything I am. It's bad enough I'm in the corner of a closet fighting to stay human. I have nothing of who I was before. I can't give everything up. I'll break, Derek. I can't just forget everything I loved."
"You don't have to, I promise. You can still be you. You just have to do i
