"We will light them up later," I said softly, at a complete loss about how to get the enthusiasm that twinkled in her eyes a few moments ago back.
Cora rubbed her eyes wildly and nodded her head. I couldn't help but notice that she was so bloody scared of being vulnerable around me. If it was Noah in my place, I knew she would have let the tears fall instead of desperately trying to hide them. And she would probably have let him hold her as well. Because Noah didn't hurt her. And he was most definitely not the reason why she lost her parents either.
I don't know how much I was at fault in that matter, but I knew I was a part of that. And I hated the feeling that this realization brought about. Had I listened to her that day when she rushed to me, begging me to believe her...could I hav
