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."

left, Sheila wiped the tears from the corner

finished picking out the material she needed, while Herbert carried the bolts

know he didn't need to walk her home; she could

"Which home are you

lips together, then slowly spelled out with her hands, "To my

didn't insist

man, and if Timothy saw them together, it would be hard

hailed a taxi for Jessica and

for her to return to Riverside City-everything was more convenient here. If she went back to Azurehaven, it would be another two or three hours by car, and traveling back and forth would just waste

each other for years, so helping him

was young, Latonia had always been kind

the Voice Emitting Necklace, Jessica couldn't help but feel a

He really could be

Whisper Estates, Henry rushed up to

"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"

much better. She

finally melted away, replaced by

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