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baby. You know I would never
hurt you. I love you. Don’t be scared, I am trying to calm myself down but I
would never, never do anything to hurt you no matter how angry I get. I am only
angry because you scared me. I cannot lose you, Winter. I can never lose you.”
    “I’m not scared of you, Cayden. And I am not
afraid of you hurting me. I am afraid because I have hurt you, caused you such
pain, disappointed you. I should not have snuck out, not gone into the city. I
was stupid. I see how much I have hurt you. To see how angry I made you scares
me. I know you are beyond mad at me. Can you forgive me?”
    Cayden clutched me closer, tighter into his
arms. “Winter, you are the most important person in my life. I can't stand the
idea of someone hurting you, frightening you, trying to get too close to you.
Please promise me you will never go out alone again.”
    “I promise,” I whispered. “Can you forgive me
for all of this trouble?”
    “You never have to ask for my forgiveness. I
understand how difficult it is not be able to go do the things you want to do.
I know you were hoping to still be inconspicuous enough to be able to go out. I
am sorry for what I have done to you. I am sorry if you feel locked up.
Everything in your life has changed because of me and not all are changes for
the best.”
    “Stop,” I said. “You will not apologize for this
mess. It’s all on me. I love you, and I can promise you nothing like this will
ever happen again.”
    Cayden picked me up into his arms and carried me
to the bed. He sat down, pulled me onto his lap, and cradled me against him. I
put my cheek on his shoulder and completely melted into his arms. His fingers
brushed though my hair from crown to ends.
    “Winter, you are my life. I cannot live without
you. There would be no point to this life without you. If anything ever
happened to you….” He held me closer, tighter. “Know I cannot bare you being at
risk. There are people out there who would hurt you.”
    “Why are you so afraid someone will hurt me? The
photographers are rude and more than bold, pushy even but—”
    “For my own sanity, please, Winter, don’t go out
without Jayden or the rest of us.”
    “I love you, Cayden. You will never need to
worry. I promise, I will never even think about doing something like that
again.”
    My cell phone rang. I started to ignore it but
Cayden was insistent I answer. He let me loose from his arms. I went to pull my
phone out of my bag.
    “Hello, Jewel,” I said quietly. “Are you okay?”
Cayden was standing behind me. He brushed his hands through my hair while I
spoke to her.
    “I’m fine, how about you? I have been so worried
about you, Winter.”
    “I am fine and safe, but I really can’t talk
right now,” I told her. I turned to look at Cayden. He stared at me with some
outlining emotion on his face that I didn’t recognize. This new emotion played
around the edges of his eyes.
    “Winter, I’m so sorry for everything. Will you
be all right?”
    “Yes, I will.”
    “Okay,” Jewel said quietly. “I love you.”
    “I love you, too, Jewel. Goodnight,” I ended.
    Cayden sighed. He skimmed the back of his hand
down the surface of my cheek. “Now, tell me. Where did you go, and how bad did
it really get with the paparazzi?” Cayden must have felt my body stiffen. “I
need to know, baby. I promise I’m not going to be angry any longer since I have
you safely here with me.”
    “It’s a long story,” I admitted.
    “We have nothing but time,” he assured before he
kissed the top of my head.
     
     

 
    Chapter Three
     
    Seeing Red
     
    I woke to another beautiful day. The sun shown
bright and came in through the windows like an invited guest. It fell in large
beams across the foot of my bed. Cayden was gone, back into the city to finish
filming where he had left off yesterday. I stretched and ran my hand over the
spot he’d slept. He left a letter lying on his pillow along with one single
pink