Wherever here was. My heart thundered. Had I done the right thing? “You did.” There was a sliver of light chasing in under the doorway, and I heard the answer coming directly from beyond. From someone who had just read my thoughts. “Come. I’ve been waiting a lifetime for this moment.” I’d always considered myself brave, only right now my legs shook. My feet tapped at the ground, and I fidgeted from side to side. “H-how can I trust you?” I clamped down on my tongue, hating the sudden giveaway of nerves. “You’ve always been able to trust me, only you’ve never known me.” I heard the voice of a stranger, of a man I should have known for eighteen years and hadn’t. In that defining moment, I found my courage and set it in place. I could do this. I had to do this. Enough with the indecision–this was my only chance for answers. I took a step forward, the sliver of light guiding my direction. Squinting though the darkness, I clutched the door’s cold, round knob. “Y-you’re reading my thoughts.”
