Chapter 55: Ellie

Over the past twenty-four hours, I figured out who Tobias Stanley really was, but now I was sitting with a completely different man. He had gone through hell, first losing his wife, then getting shot and now being so close to arresting the man that had caused so much suffering in his life.

Heavy silence ascended between us as he drove home. I could never have imagined what I was getting into that first night when I kissed him in my kitchen. I had guessed he was over thirty, and I knew that he was damaged, but I had no idea to what extent. It was a lot to take in and I felt like we had taken a few steps backwards, not forward.

He was still suffering deep inside, and it explained why he wasn't ready to let me in. I had feelings for him; I couldn't deny it. It had been over two months since that night in my apartment, the night we had slept together for the first time.