Chapter 35

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."

ahead, I'll be fine. I

left, Sheila wiped the tears from

Jessica finished picking out the material

to him, letting him know he didn't need to walk her home; she could make her own

face darkened a bit. "Which home are you

her lips together, then slowly spelled out with

didn't insist

and if Timothy saw them together, it would be hard for Little

hailed a taxi for Jessica and

made 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,

had given her the Voice Emitting Necklace; they'd known each other for years, so helping him with this small favor was the least she

was young, Latonia had always been

Jessica couldn't help but

could be so

returned to The Gilded Whisper Estates, Henry rushed up

"Dad, how's Miss Sheila?"

better. She

finally melted away, replaced by

to

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