“I don’t know exactly what would happen, but I suspect that he would get pulled back into Middle Earth, and I’d . . . and the link would be severed.”
Tears are leaking out of your eyes and I reach across with my thumb to brush them away. “I’ll be all right.”
I don’t want to worry you any more about what might be. I can’t think that way myself either, I just have to do what needs to be done, and trust that there is some good in the world that will see me through.
We fall quiet and I lay my head down on the bed, stroking your arm softly. Your breathing has evened out and deepened by the time Drew comes back with a sack of junk food. We exchange glances as he sits down in the chair. I know he doesn’t want me to upset you.
My phone goes off and I silence it quickly before it can wake you. I frown as I look at the number. It’s Gareth and he doesn’t call just to talk. I motion to the hallway with my head and whisper to Drew, “I need to take this.”
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Tears are leaking out of your eyes and I reach across with my thumb to brush them away. “I’ll be all right.”
I don’t want to worry you any more about what might be. I can’t think that way myself either, I just have to do what needs to be done, and trust that there is some good in the world that will see me through.
We fall quiet and I lay my head down on the bed, stroking your arm softly. Your breathing has evened out and deepened by the time Drew comes back with a sack of junk food. We exchange glances as he sits down in the chair. I know he doesn’t want me to upset you.
My phone goes off and I silence it quickly before it can wake you. I frown as I look at the number. It’s Gareth and he doesn’t call just to talk. I motion to the hallway with my head and whisper to Drew, “I need to take this.”