‘Yeah, what for.’ She opened the door and walked down the hall toward the kitchen. The warm scents of food hit her before she got around the corne...r. ‘Jesse must have ordered out.’ She peaked in to see the back of a man rummaging through the refrigerator. Before she could muster a smidgen of fear, he rose to turn back to the stove and smiled at her, ‘Good afternoon, beautiful.’ Dan casually said as he turned his back again and cleaned up the mess from his preparations. She racked her brain to. "Most everyone left right away." "Yeah they did. I needed a workout though. You look like you're keeping in great shape." He smiled and gave my body a once over. "I'm okay. I just like the feeling after a good workout." "Yeah, I know what you mean." His smile was very warm and genuine and it was as much as we'd ever talked. "I better get started." He went to start his circuit of the machines and free weights and I continued mine. We spoke a little more here and there as we used pieces of. .. his.Bless his heart, he probably would have taken me back the way I am now. I could see it in his eyes before I left him yesterday. He told me he accepted me however I was. He told me he would be perfectly happy with an imperfect me.But I still had my pride.God damn my pride.Sure, it would have been easier to just crawl back to him and heal together. Easier, but not better. Not for him. He deserves better.I wouldn't let him take me the way I am. I couldn't. To return to him now, before I'd. MMkay she mumbled. Your mom said you might need some things when you got here, whats up ? I asked. Once they decided to send me up here, things kind of went form bad to worse…between my mom and me. She said. She flushed some as she spoke and looked a little upset. I know, I heard I replied. Changing the subject I asked What kind of clothes did you bring ? Not sure, I was just stuffing things into my suitcase last night, not really paying attention. I was concentrating on escaping. She said. I.