Leave? [ she pulls back to look at his face, ignoring the pain brought by his hold on her wrist. the word echoes in her head, and it sounds so unfamiliar and foreign as it's something she hasn't considered before. leave? can they? should they? everything familiar to them is here, in his house, and to leave them all behind - would that not be betraying them, somehow? mum, dad, peter, lucy? practically it was sound advice, but isn't it too soon? ]
We can't just-- [ her eyes wander a bit, spotting places that bring so many memories they make her head swim and her heart ache. the hurt will fade - this she knows so well - but... ] --leave. [ the more she says it, the more it makes sense for them to do it. after all, why should they tie themselves to their painful past? besides, if they leave, no one says they can't ever return - if they want to. susan takes a deep breath, meets ed's eyes. ] Sod it all, you said? I think... I think you're right.
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We can't just-- [ her eyes wander a bit, spotting places that bring so many memories they make her head swim and her heart ache. the hurt will fade - this she knows so well - but... ] --leave. [ the more she says it, the more it makes sense for them to do it. after all, why should they tie themselves to their painful past? besides, if they leave, no one says they can't ever return - if they want to. susan takes a deep breath, meets ed's eyes. ] Sod it all, you said? I think... I think you're right.