Cassie/Ralph
[And with one sentence all the fun they just had was gone.
What did she do. It was something her Conner would have done and she was confused for a second. A second too long. The last thing she wanted to do was hurt him.]
I am so sorry, Ralph.
[She reached out and placed a hand on his cheek to coax him to look back at her, despite the tears in her eyes.]
You don't have to leave. Please...
[His arrival had been so good for her these last few months. He was what she needed to get her life back in order. What will she do without him. It was a selfish thought and she knew it.]