‘I guess I have to take all the hits myself now,’ she thought. Alma closed her eyes and thought once more of Teacher Renee’s gentle smile and the sparkle in her eyes. ‘Thank you, Teacher Renee. I’ll climb mountains for us both from now on… I promise.’
Reiner approached me until he was standing right in front of me. His large hand planted itself flat against the door and pushed it firmly closed behind me. The door closed with a solid thud, and I found myself trapped between Reiner’s large frame and the closed door.
Perhaps I was going crazy, or I was too brave at the time, but I had found a way to keep a part of Reiner with me forever. At that time, I didn’t realize that gaining something would mean that I would have to lose something in return.