And Now Back in the Present Three Weeks later…
Pearl still liked him even if she didn’t know him that well, but she did consider the request and offer that he said to join him, it sounded like a good one, but she didn’t know if she was ready to accept it now, or if ever at all perhaps.
But she would consider it, he wasn’t one to say no to something very lightly, especially if it would hurt another’s feelings, and especially his feelings as well, they had gotten to know each other so well she couldn’t bear to see him in pain, and she couldn’t bear the thought of that alone either, it was just too much for her to bear or take in, but someday maybe, perhaps she could bear it.
Yet perhaps one day she would change her mind, one day when she was older and wiser and could make smarter choices for herself and her family as well…