[And it felt like a moment had come and gone to no avail as she dropped his hand, and he knew perfectly well what he'd wanted to say and had been unable to voice.
He knew perfectly well that this girl was also many years younger than him, but that didn't seem to matter either. What exactly had their relationship been like?]
I wouldn't have been able to do it alone.
[He was avoiding. Maybe they both were. Almost every time she'd spoken it had been like he knew what she was thinking. But now? He only thought he must be crazy to think that that was disappointment he saw in her eyes.
He had to fight back the urge to reach out and grab her hand again.]
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He knew perfectly well that this girl was also many years younger than him, but that didn't seem to matter either. What exactly had their relationship been like?]
I wouldn't have been able to do it alone.
[He was avoiding. Maybe they both were. Almost every time she'd spoken it had been like he knew what she was thinking. But now? He only thought he must be crazy to think that that was disappointment he saw in her eyes.
He had to fight back the urge to reach out and grab her hand again.]