I Can't
He hated having to push her away. But it was safer for both of them. They couldn't have a repeat performance of losing his soul. He couldn't put her through that again. It wasn't fair to her. She was still very much a child. And he was so much a man. They had been naïve to think they could survive together after everything.
She didn't want to believe him. She loved him with all her being and here he was telling her 'no'. They couldn't be together. It wasn't safe. To hell with being safe. She needed him.
