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Frederick stared at a smear of translucent orange marmalade on his plate until it blurred.She still likes me!I make her ill!
He looked up at her with a besotted grin, unable to refrain.
She looked hopeful again, even as she pushed her plate of bread away. “May we visit the Waterlily House together?”
His smile slipped.What’s the honorable action here? he thought desperately, trying to separate what he wished from what must be.
Molly’s hands were white-knuckled where she twisted them together on the table, and his heart fell when she began tapping one fist lightly against the other.
One-two-three. One-two-three. One-two-three.
He could all but hear the rhythm in his mind as she performed the silent gestures.
I cannot bear being the cause of her suffering. Not today.
“Molly, would you do me the honor of accompanying me to the Waterlily House?”
