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
the material she needed,
him, letting him know he didn't need to
face darkened a bit. "Which
lips together, then slowly spelled out with her hands, "To my
insist
them together, it would
hailed a taxi for Jessica
sense 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
had given her the Voice Emitting Necklace; they'd known each other for years,
was young, Latonia had always
couldn't help but feel a
could
Timothy returned to The Gilded Whisper Estates, Henry rushed up
"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"
much better. She woke
melted away, replaced
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