Quiet Strength

"Not yet," I said. "I'm not—" I stopped. "Donovan has been managing so much. Because of me, because of all of it. I'm not ready to hand him one more thing I'm responsible for giving him."

"He wouldn't see it as—" Caspian started.

"I know he wouldn't," I said. "That's part of why I'm not ready. Because he'd take it on completely and I don't want to be the reason for that right now."

I looked at