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."
Timothy left, Sheila wiped the tears
finished picking out the material she needed, while
him know he didn't need to walk
face darkened a bit. "Which home are you
her lips together, then slowly spelled
insist
all, he was a man, and if Timothy saw them
hailed a taxi for Jessica and handed her the
more convenient here. If she went back to Azurehaven, it would
her the Voice Emitting Necklace; they'd known each other for years, so helping him with this small favor was the least
when she was young, Latonia
about the Voice Emitting Necklace, Jessica couldn't help but
He really could be
Gilded Whisper Estates, Henry rushed up
"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"
much better.
worry on Henry's face finally melted away,
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