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 from the corner of her
finished picking out the material she needed, while Herbert carried the
to him, letting him know he didn't need to walk her
a bit. "Which home
spelled out with her hands, "To
insist
was a man, and if Timothy saw them together, it would be hard for Little
a taxi for Jessica and handed her
Azurehaven, it would be another two or three hours by car, and traveling back and forth would just waste
other for years, so helping him with this small
she was young, Latonia had always been kind
Voice Emitting Necklace, Jessica couldn't
really could
Whisper Estates, Henry rushed up
"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"
much better. She
Henry's face finally melted away, replaced by a
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