Wanted by Her Lost Love

wanted to make sure that when I ran to you and toldyou what happened that you wouldn’t believe a word.And how better to do that than to tell you that I wouldclaim to be attacked, that I’d claim he tried to rapeme.”Ryan stared at her in horror as the realization ofwhat had really happened that day hit him.“And sure enough. I run straight to you and tell youthat your precious brother just tried to rape me andyou look at me with those cold eyes and call me aliar. All because he told you that’s what I’d say.”“Did he?” Ryan asked in a near whisper. “Did herape you, Kelly?”“He touched me. He touched me in a way thatonly you were allowed to touch me. He hit me. Hebruised me. Isn’t that enough?” she asked in ahysterical voice. “The irony in all of this is that youwere so worried I was pregnant with his baby. Wenever had sex though God knows he tried.”She broke off again and buried her face in herhands. He wanted to go to her, take her in his arms,but he was afraid that just as he’d rejected herbefore, so would she reject him now.