She sealed her promise with another kiss and left before he could give her a reason to stay. Maybe he was always afraid that when she walked out of the door it would be because she was running away again. It wasn't as if she could blame him for that fear. She'd given him a lot of reasons over the years to suspect that she didn't want to be with him. Truthfully, it seemed like every day she was changing her mind about their future, whether it would be together or separate. She feared that she might not ever have a definitive answer.