"Save you? Save you from what?"
Adam stared at Saira who had 'confessed' to everything and felt his heart chill all over again.
He had guessed at the time that she had done what she did for these reasons but guessing and hearing her confession were two very different things. It was the difference between guessing or knowing that you were betrayed and the reasons for it.
Slowly, he reached forward, gripped her arms, and pulled her up to her feet. She'd been the strongest girl once, protecting anyone who she thought was being bullied and now, seeing her like this, made him uncomfortable.
Saira's breath hitched as she looked up at him when he helped her up, searching his face for something—hope, understanding, the Adam she had once known. She knew he would alway be there for her. She smiled tremulously at him.
Adam watched as her eyes lit up when he helped her to stand and the hope that he would save her.
