The silence in the car was thick enough to cut with a knife, and Dorothy felt a wave of awkwardness that made her skin crawl.

Usually, whenever Everett sensed her discomfort, he'd find a way to lighten the mood, but today, he didn't seem to have any intention of doing so.

It wasn't until they were almost at Bay Residence that he broke the silence again.

"Dorothy, should we maybe have a proper talk?" he asked.

He felt that they had never truly sat down to discuss their future or the whirlwind of events that had transpired between them.

It was always her with her thoughts, and him with his.

Everett had thought he had lost the right to ask Dorothy for a heart-to-heart, but that night, the vulnerability and love in her eyes were unmistakable, and he wasn't blind.

days, he could recall her trembling voice calling out his name with his eyes shut,

Liberty City had kept him busy, and a bout of illness left him too drained to think of much else besides getting

in the country, their fiery

asked, not looking at him but picking at

about at this moment." Everett frowned; he

like this." "Everett," she sighed deeply, then spoke

was just a matter of waiting. He, Everett, could

is resolved, if you don't bring it up, I will." Everett seemed to have anticipated this response, his lips curling into a dry semblance of a smile. "Alright,

no one and couldn't be detected by anyone! Everett was too sharp. If she let slip even the tiniest hint, he'd

up the kids and heading to the airport, Dorothy witnessed Karen wrapped around Jeffrey's neck, kissing him as

glanced at them and quickly turned away, blushing as she covered the children’s

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