Dorothy cradled his face in her hands and leaned in for a kiss.

"Promise me, we'll forget the past. No more dwelling on it, no more talking about it. I believe everything that happened was just a process, a test of our love. And now that the test is over, we're still together. That's what truly matters."

Everett was just too caring.

His love was always tinged with a sense of owing more, and it showed.

But the burden was too heavy, and thinking too much wasn't what Dorothy wanted to see.

Holding her hand tightly, Everett finally cracked a smile and nodded lightly, "Okay, your wish is my command."

Just as Dorothy was about to embrace him, the doorbell rang out of the blue-

"Who could that be at this hour?"

as surprised, clearly not expecting

he pulled her back,

up trouble again, Everett went

there stood

to make that lemonade recipe, it's my secret

"In the master bedroom."

find her! You two chat." Karen breezed past Everett without waiting for a

a bit of a neat freak and not keen on having people over, but before he could say anything, Everett stopped

fine, she's fine." Everett stepped aside to let Jeffrey in, "Having Karen around might take Dorothy's mind off

would do anything

ages because of Karen, right?"

there was always a bottle saved for Mr.

in front of Karen, alright? And definitely don't bring up the past. My wife is not as easy to appease

Mention anything upsetting, and she'd be

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