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ith horror, her mind racing as she searched for a

rowing a wild punch tha

kick to Eric's chest, sendin

n advance on Eric, his eyes burning with hatred.Eric scra

ien, his body sh

trembling with anger. "And I'm going

, his voice co

eyes glinting with amusement. "Y

nsing as he prepared for another at

to Damien's jaw, sending

with rage as he launched a flurry of blows at

his face a mask

u're going to pay with your life.As Eric swung a haymaker punch at Damien,

, their guns drawn an

yes wild with rage,

g Damien to the ground jus

fficers cuffed Damien, his face contorted wi

e, Samantha collapsed onto the floor, her

her, his face a mess

" he asked, hi

at him, tears strea

oice shaking with emotion. "Than

ner of his mouth.and Eric grew closer as the

inst Damien, and the police assured her th

o for his bravery in facing down Dam

ething was missing.Eric's feelings for Samantha had only grown stronger in the

hrough a lot, and he didn't

feel the urge to tell her how he f

, he knew that he couldn't keep it inside any longer.Samantha," Eri

ace him, a puzzled e

asked, her brow fu

hands shaking as h

with emotion. "I know that it's not the best tim

ened in shock as sh

he struggled to proc

man, that he had been there fo

rust him after everyth

ice hesitant. "I don't kn

is heart sinki

s voice low and serious. "I'm

I felt," Eric continued. "But

her mind swirling with

erved to know the trut

her voice shaking with emotion. "I know that he's a mon

help but

amantha, his hea

were complicated, that they were a ta

his voice soft and understanding. "I just want you to know

o him, tears glis

good man.As the days went by, Samantha fou

e way he had stood up for her

o feel something for him, something

porch, watching the sunset, she knew that

t to tell you that I can't stop thinking about you," Samantha continued, her eyes fix

ard her words, his mind racing as he

voice trembling with emotion

ermination.Eric reached for Samantha's hand, his heart

ice choked with emotion. "I've been in

her face radiant

said, her voice filled with joy. "I'm

r gently, their lips meeting in a

, she couldn't help but think about Damien, t

e and voice filling her mind e

us, that he was a threat to

he feeling that there was mor

n for his behavior, a

she made her way to the priso

that she was putting herse

had to understand why he had

ere Damien sat behind a glass partition

k a deep bre

to know why you

anger as he stared at Sa

that," he snarled. "You betra

at his words, but sh

she said, her voice firm.

shaking his he

lanation?" he asked, his vo

frustration mounting as Damien

e," he hissed. "You left me

emanded, her voice rising with anger. "I

head, his eyes bl

age. "You don't know what I went through."Samantha's heart sank as Damien's w

r and despair, "my father used to beat me. Every day, every nigh

hem. I wanted to hurt th

ce been. As I grew up, I learned to fight back," Damien continued, his voice growing harder and more bi

d understand. I thought that you would see the pain in

er throat as Damien's words s

d conquer even the darkest of demons. Samantha took a deep

e things, that he had hurt her in

of sympathy for the boy that he had once been

d sincere. "But you have to understand that nothing can excuse the way you

e spat, his voice filled with h

e wash over her, her body t

e shaking with emotion. "I'm not path

lunged at the glass partition, his hands

the glass, tears streaming down his face as he wept

e raw with emotion. "I never wanted to hurt

nce as Damien crumpled to the fl

for him, for the broken boy who

cked, his body heaving with sobs as he cried fo

ad loved her, in h

had been suffocating and dangerous,

voice filled with sorrow. "I can'

and despair"Please," he pleaded, his voice hoarse

terrible things, but I can change. I

with pity as she listened

cere, that he truly beli

r the man that Damien could have bee

id, her voice filled with sorrow. "I'

absorbed her words, his b

ered, his voice choked w

ared, the moments that we had together.Samantha nodded, her ey

ien," she whispered. "I

footsteps echoing in the silence as she lef

d haunt him for the rest of his days.And so, as Samantha left the prison and returned to her li

hinking less and less about Damien, her mind turning inste

herself falling more deeply in love with Eric, t