Chapter 1698 It's A Dead Man's World:>12
- Veronica stopped pushing on Eliza’s hands, then stepped back. That look of hurt was still there, but it softened a bit. “I don’t get you. I saw you out there. You can take risks with your life, so why not with your heart? God that sounds corny, but it’s true. I don’t know where this is all leading. I can’t guarantee it would turn out to be some grand and powerful love. All I know is I don’t want it to end. I at least want to try.” She sighed. “But I can’t make you do anything, and I shouldn’t need to. I’m going to go back to my room. If you want to join me, even if it’s just to talk, that’s fine. But you ARE going to have to take the next step,” she finished. Veronica paused for just a moment, hoping the other woman would say something. Eliza just crossed her arms and glanced away. Then Veronica turned and left the room.
- Eliza kept berating herself for minutes after she found herself alone. ‘What are you thinking?’ she asked of herself. ‘What more do you want? There are no sure things, but there are some things you just have to take a chance on.’ That was what the passionate side of her mind was telling her. The rational side reminded her that her dreams of a perfect love could never happen with a human woman. Humans were too short lived. Besides, Eliza had already pointed out that this woman would be leaving for her job fairly soon, probably to be sent off to some distant land. Did Eliza really want to be in a position where she only got to see someone a few times a year? She lay down on her bed, trying to convince herself that what she had done was for the best.
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