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 from the corner of her

out the material she needed, while Herbert carried the bolts

didn't need to walk her home; she could make her own way

bit. "Which home are

then slowly spelled out with her hands, "To my home

didn't insist on escorting

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

taxi for Jessica and

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

the Voice Emitting Necklace; they'd known each other for years, so

she was young, Latonia had always been kind

Jessica couldn't

really could

The Gilded Whisper

"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"

much better.

finally melted away, replaced by

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