contact part deux

[bouchonne]

if this were modern times byerly would probably make you listen to total eclipse of the heart before you were able to leave a message

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[bouchonne]

The day a loving husband becomes too busy for his devoted wife is the day the social order breaks down. Come over, please.

[indissection]

The social order will not be under threat, then. I am on my way.

[bouchonne]

[ He's ready for her - a glass of wine in hand to meet her at the door. As soon as she arrives, he wraps her in an embrace. ]

My dearest.

[indissection]

[ It’s the embrace that’s her undoing - if he wasn’t aware of her sadness before he would be now, since she’s all but crying in his arms. ]

Hello, darling.

[bouchonne]

Oh, my love.

[ His hand comes up to stroke her hair. ]

What's wrong?

[indissection]

She’s gone.

[ He can likely imagine who she might be talking about. ]

She told me that she loved me and I didn’t say it back. Now she’s gone.

[bouchonne]

Oh, dear Sidony.

[ Softly: ]

They're not - The one is not caused by the other. You know that logically, right? Even if it doesn't feel it.

[indissection]

I know. She did not leave because of me - she knew that it was a difficult thing for me to confess.

[ Her voice is painfully quiet. ]

It does not much it much easier to feel, however.