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."
tears from the corner of
out the material she needed,
signed to him, letting him know he didn't need to walk her home;
bit. "Which home
then slowly spelled out with
didn't insist on
man, and if Timothy saw them
taxi for Jessica and handed her the
City-everything was more convenient here. If she went back to Azurehaven, it would be another
each other for years, so helping him with this small favor
Latonia had always been
about the Voice Emitting Necklace, Jessica couldn't help
He really could be so
to The Gilded Whisper Estates,
"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"
better. She
melted
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