My safe space

  Anna gasped as she placed her hand over her mouth. 

  "What?" Julian sighed painfully.

  "I don't really like talking about it but since it's you…." He sighed then ran his fingers through his hair. Anna immediately moved closer to him and wrapped her arms around him.

  "Take your time, I'll be here to listen" Julian breathed in.

  "At that time, I didn't really know I was being molested. I was just five and just thought he was just being overly touchy but it started getting more frequent and anytime I…" Anna placed a kiss on her cheek as soon as he stopped and held his face in his hand.

  "Take your time, it's okay" She rubbed his back assuringly as she tried to comfort him with her presence but she knew him saying this was harder than she thought.