"Then Leona Grant would have proudly agreed. And then your family would be together forever. No one could tear you apart, no one could make you separate. You would be together forever."
As he spoke, tears streamed down his face again. "Do you have any idea how much I want to be with you? It doesn't matter if we're eating, walking, or sleeping. Just being with you makes me so happy."
"I want you to be the first thing I see when I open my eyes and the last thing I see when I close them. I've saved up years of tenderness, and I only want to give it to you. I even fantasized about an eternity with you. Haha, isn't that ridiculous? There's a twenty-year gap between us, after all."
'He knew. He knew everything. He just hadn't been willing to face it.'
'Now that he could finally face it, he was still filled with the same old regret... '
