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."

Sheila wiped the tears from the corner of

fabric market, Jessica finished picking out the material she needed, while

need to walk her home; she

bit. "Which

her lips together, then slowly spelled

insist

them together, it

hailed a taxi for Jessica and handed

If she went back to Azurehaven, it would be another two or three hours by car, and traveling back and

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

Latonia had always been kind

Jessica couldn't

could

Timothy returned to The Gilded Whisper Estates, Henry

"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"

much better.

worry on Henry's face finally melted away, replaced

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