"We didn't know what we do now." They hadn't known just how dangerous Warren was, how tangled into all this they had gotten because of him being at the center. They hadn't known that it all stemmed back to Richard before Alex had gotten in too deep. It was something that he would both always regret and always be thankful for.

He was thankful for her not prying into her future, even when he slipped up the way he had. Even though she was right, and she did see Warren alone, that he was still angry about it, she didn't know that she had done it. "I won't lose you, Alex." The words were quiet, sincere and pleading. He'd already lost so much, he couldn't lose Alex too, especially not now.