“Do not let her leave.”

She sank into a dining chair, burying her face in her hands. Sawyer walked slowly around the mahogany table and stood behind her. He didn’t touch her shoulder. He didn’t speak. He just watched the woman who had bought him.

“I just…” Rowan sobbed into her palms, “I just wanted to be loved the way she is.”

I didn’t answer her. A sickening epiphany was continue reading …