T?? ????t-w??nc?in? si??t ?? ? skinn? ??? in t?? mi??l? ?? t?? st???t ???k? m? ????t ?s I w?s ????in? ??m?. Wit???t ? m?m?nt’s ??sit?ti?n, I st????? m? c?? ?n? ??t ??t t? t?k? ? cl?s?? l??k. T?? ???? ??? w?s ?xt??m?l? ?m?ci?t??, wit? ?is ??n?s visi?l? ???t???in?, ?n? it w?s cl??? t??t ?? ??? ???n st??v?? ??? ? l?n? tim?. H? t?i?? t? ?i?? ???m m? c??, ??t ?is s??, ?l???in? ???s l??k?? ?? ?t m? wit? ? ?limm?? ?? ????.

I kn?w I c??l?n’t j?st l??v? ?im t????, s? I ??????c??? ?im sl?wl?, t??in? t? ??in ?is t??st. I ??????? ?im s?m? ????, ?n? ?? ??v????? it ??n??il?, c?n?i?min? m? s?s?ici?n t??t ?? ??? ???n wit???t ???? ??? ? l?n? tim?. M? ????t ?c??? ?s I l??k?? ?t ?im, w?n???in? ??w ?n??n? c??l? ?? s? c???l ?s t? ???n??n s?c? ? l?vin? c???t??? ?n? l??v? ?im t? s????? ?n t?? st???ts.