Chapter 155: You're In Charge

Hailey is holding my hand!

The thought kept playing in Wes' mind over and over. You'd think he was in junior high and not a grown ass man, but the fact that the woman he loved, the same woman who couldn't stand being touched, was actually holding his hand, made him so beyond happy. It gave him hope. This was only the first step, but Hailey had taken it, and that had to mean something.

He would never have imagined that the feel of just their fingers locked together would make him feel the way he did. He and Hailey had jumped into a relationship in college with both feet and never looked back. Their relationship burned hot and fast even from the moment they met.

He had known most of the girls who played sports on campus, but for some reason, he'd never run into Hailey. The night Josh had found out that Payton had left town because her mother was being taken off life support had floored them both. Neither he nor Josh had known her mom was even sick, so Josh was in a rush to get