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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