“I don’t want to leave Francesca.”
Jonas had appeared in the doorway as Elizabeth and Sawyer packed away their things again. It was something they had done so often over the past year that they both knew exactly what they wanted to take, and they both knew that they may never come back to this house again when they left.
“Are you asking for my forgiveness? I understand that you love her, and I also understand that she’s never going to leave. I’m not angry at you for making this choice, and I don’t think you are abandoning my sister.”
“I just needed to tell you. I feel like I am abandoning her, and I know that she will die trying to defend that house and everything it symbolizes but I feel like I should stay with her. Leaving feels like the cowardly thing to do.”
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