From the previous installment:
“And what is most important?” he asked quietly.
“Family, of course,” was the prompt answer. “But also friendships.” She looked up at him then, gray eyes watery and long lashes rather damp. “You’ve been a friend to me for, well, forever it seems, but I’ve treated you rather poorly of late. Will you forgive me for that as well?”
This time he didn’t resist but took her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. “With all my heart.”
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