"One can still get by alone," Tilly Flower comforted him with a warm voice, "When together, you'd think that leaving the other would mean death, but in actuality, once you get used to it, it's fine."
"You're used to it now?"
"I got used to it a long time ago." She began to smile. "Before I divorced him, I had been getting used to leaving him."
She truly was a frightening woman.
It wasn't about the meticulous plotting before departing, but that even while still deeply in love, she had already been able to gouge out her own heart and throw it on the ground.
She was harsh to Sophia Phoenix, but even harsher to herself.
Trenton Smith nodded and leaned back in his chair, lazily sliding his fingers along the smooth rim of his wine glass. After a long absence, the reunion didn't bring much estrangement between them, only that Norris Moore was no longer present, adding an unmentionable taboo between them.
