I’m told if you love someone you should let them go. Nobody tells you that doing so will break your soul in half. My life was easy when I had the college boyfriend who ticked all the right boxes. The night I laid eyes on Enoch Carter everything changed. I thought I was doing the right thing. Now I know I was wrong. I don’t know how to retrace my steps, how to repair the distance, fix the mess I made. I never meant to fall in love. I stayed away because she was off limits. I broke the code, then left her bed without a backward glance. All the black marks on my heart would make her dirty and I won’t allow that. Friendship is all I can offer. Even if she doesn’t want my friendship, she needs it now more than ever. I shouldn’t love her. I can’t love her. I won’t.