“Why now?” Samantha turned her whole body to face me. I did the same. We mimicked each other. Our toes were pointed to the other, our knees were tucked up, and our arms wrapped loosely around the top of the bend. We leaned back casually snd stared at one another.
“I spent days with Grayson. I was trapped in my subconscious with him, actually. At first, I didn’t want to talk about any of it. He almost beat me to death. When I thought it was the end, one more blow and It would have all been over. I let go. I thought, if I’m going to die, I’m going to indulge in a bit of weakness. All I could see, hear and feel was Faith. She was all that I wanted, even when I was dying. It also made me realise that I didn’t want to die. I wanted to live.
So I gave up, I admitted to Grayson all the things
