He waited on the platform, clutching the flowers he knew she loved. Three long weeks she’d been away, but now everything would be ok.<\/p>\n
It hadn’t been easy at first. She was still traumatized by the crazy ex. He remembered how she’d held him when she talked about it, clinging to him for protection, like a frightened child.<\/p>\n
The gun had been her idea. “You never know,” she’d said, “he could show up anywhere.”<\/p>\n
It seemed a bit extreme to him, but he’d gotten it anyway, just to make her feel safer. “Thanks,” she’d said. “Not all men are like you. It’s hard to find a good one.”<\/p>\n
The train was coming in now. He was glad he’d remembered the flowers.<\/p>\n
“That’s the guy,” the officer said, “he’s got the flowers, like she said.”<\/p>\n
It all happened so fast, his arms jerked back, the cold cuffs around his wrists, the flowers falling to the platform, the second officer saying “Check his pockets for the gun.”<\/p>\n
Then he saw her, coming off the train. There was a strange man, one arm protectively around her.<\/p>\n
“You don’t understand, officer” he protested weakly, knowing it would do no good. “I’m the good one.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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