He stayed alone for a while, stuck into that chair and lost in his thoughts when his manager came in with a worried expression.
"Are you okay, David?" She asked gently.
He raised his head to stare at her, a bit unsure.
Was he okay? Not really. He felt like his heart had just walked out of that door a few minutes ago. That's right, Alyssa had left, with Leo. To not confuse or upset her son, they had just parted ways simply, saying a gentle goodbye , and David had to try hard to repress his feelings while saying goodbye to the little boy. Truth was, he didn't want them to leave. He wanted to hold Alyssa back, tell her it was going to be fine, that he could protect her and Leo.
It would have been a lie. That truth alone hurt him more than anything. He couldn't protect them. That was somet
