Chapter 28: Rule #28: Never Underestimate Your Power.

Beatrice.

Beau had stunned me into absolute silence when he stilled my panic attack with his omission of love. I know it was stupid. But I couldn't remember the last time someone told me that they loved me. I craved those three little words from my father and for my own flesh and blood to look me in the eyes and to tell me not once but twice made me feel all the emotions I couldn't afford to feel right now.

Javier held onto my arm so tightly I had to jog slightly to keep up with him, my heels sinking into the already sodden dirt; the rain was falling in a steady pour and Javier didn't care that I was soaking wet.

"I'm sorry," I whispered to Javier; his arm tensed up, undermined more than it already was. "I admit that there's so much of this life that I don't understand and perhaps I should have not judged," I said choosing my words carefully avoiding the word I impulsively wanted to say.