The Wrong Conclusions Part 4 " You have known me for not even two days, and then you just say out of the blue that you are falling in love with me? Because we almost kissed the other night, what could that possibly mean?". " I, I don’t know. I’m here from this leap of faith that I came up with in a matter of seconds, I didn’t have a back-up plan". " There’s no need for one, its easy enough to explain, we shouldn’t be together. The thing is" she fiddled with the washcloth she was holding, " when I fall I fall really hard, and then I always end up heart broken". " I promise, I would never do that to you, ever, no matter what, and we can go as slow as you want to…". " It’s a little late for that". That was just what he needed, she felt the same way, something he thought he would have to win over in a matter of time. " Then, why are you objecting?" he choked on his own words. " I’m eighteen Paul, and you’re almost twenty-eight". " So, since when does age matter?". Kelly shook her head, " maybe now it does, I don’t know, I’m trying to find something that makes sense". " Here’s something, we give it a chance". " Why, to end up right back where we started with nothing extra but a broken heart and memories we wish we could forget?". " That might not happen, and I’m almost positive" never once in his life did he pour out his heart and express his feelings so much to anyone, let alone a girl that he was falling in love with. " I really like you Paul, I mean really, really like you, and that’s something that I don’t want to risk, I hope you can understand that this is for the best". Paul sighed, thinking over what she just said. He didn’t agree, not in the least bit. Leaving her would leave him with a broken heart. But he couldn’t understand how being with her would so the same thing. " Okay, I’m sure I’ll understand it one day" with those words, he left. Kelly turned away once more. " What have I done?" she whispered, " wait!", but it was too late, he was gone. What she didn’t know was that he was only standing on the sidewalk, staring at the door he had just closed. Kelly changed her mind, after all that. She had fallen in love, but this time she was really willing to risk it. She knew everything Paul was saying was true, she knew he meant it. " I’ll tell him tomorrow" she told herself. Early the next morning, Kelly walked over to the hotel she knew he was staying at, repeating to herself out loud what she was going to tell them, just as he did with her. She saw Steve sitting in the hotel lobby, resting his head in his hands. He jumped to his feet when he saw her. " Hey Steve" she smiled. " Hey, Kelly" he wasn’t smiling, something was wrong if he wasn’t smiling. " Is it okay if I go upstairs, I really have to talk to Paul". Steve shook his head, and bit at his lip, " I don’t think you should go up there right now". " Okay, I know I said some heart aching things to him, but I’m really sorry, and I just wanted to tell him that..". " No, Kelly, its okay, hear me out" she began to calm down, " I’m so sorry, I should have been paying more attention last night when he came back last night. I called the police". " What did he do?". Did he rob someone? What law could he have broken? Steve tried to explain the best he could, he could barely look at her, " he took some, well a lot of pills last night, he’s dead Kel, I found him this morning on the bathroom floor".