Sheila froze for a moment.

Did he mean...

Did he really still remember the promise he'd made to her all those years ago?

So, did that mean he still loved her?

Tears welled up in Sheila's eyes. "Timothy, please... let it go. Don't hold on anymore. Seven years ago, we—"

She stopped, voice trembling. "Now, it's even less possible for us. Let's just... forget the past, both of us."

A complicated storm of emotions flickered in Timothy's icy blue eyes.

He said nothing.

For a long moment, it felt as if time itself had stopped.

After two or three minutes, he finally straightened and stood up, his posture tall and unyielding.

"Get some rest. I need to head back for a bit."

Sheila nodded, trying to steady herself. "Go ahead, I'll be fine. I can take care of myself."

wiped the tears

the fabric market, Jessica finished picking out the material she needed, while Herbert carried the bolts for

him know he didn't need to

bit. "Which home

pressed her lips together, then slowly spelled out with her

didn't insist on

man, and if Timothy saw them together, it would be hard for Little Mute

taxi for Jessica and

to return to Riverside City-everything was more convenient here. If she went back to Azurehaven, it would be

given her the Voice Emitting Necklace; they'd known each other for years, so helping him with this small favor was the

when she was young, Latonia had always

Jessica couldn't help

He really could be

Timothy returned to The Gilded Whisper Estates, Henry

"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"

much better. She woke

on Henry's face finally melted away, replaced by

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