Thank you, Hilda. I don't get to tell this story with enthusiasm. In fact, I don't think I ever have.
[ It means something to Claire, that Hilda is listening and interested, and she smiles, squeezing Hilda's hand in return before continuing. ]
The most important part was that he believed me, and then he took me to the only place I could get back home, to Frank. He took me there to let me go.
[ God, they were so young, and he was so earnestly in love. It makes her heart ache even now. ]
I sat there, long after he'd gone, thinking. That was the night I realized I was terribly in love with him. So, I went back, and I asked him to take me home.
[ THe rest, as they say, is history. Claire takes a sip of her tea and hums. ]
He was only twenty-two, I was...significantly older. But he loved me, and I love him, that's all that mattered, then.
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[ It means something to Claire, that Hilda is listening and interested, and she smiles, squeezing Hilda's hand in return before continuing. ]
The most important part was that he believed me, and then he took me to the only place I could get back home, to Frank. He took me there to let me go.
[ God, they were so young, and he was so earnestly in love. It makes her heart ache even now. ]
I sat there, long after he'd gone, thinking. That was the night I realized I was terribly in love with him. So, I went back, and I asked him to take me home.
[ THe rest, as they say, is history. Claire takes a sip of her tea and hums. ]
He was only twenty-two, I was...significantly older. But he loved me, and I love him, that's all that mattered, then.