HARPER
"But it's in the past now," he says gently, squeezing her hand. "Just another regret, in time. It fades. There's no use wasting your energy on dwelling on it." Easier said than done of course, but most of what he has said to her falls within that category regardless. Healing is an act of cleansing, and at times it can be painful and disheartening. All he can do is stay beside her and give what advice and support he can to help get her through it.
Of the things she could ask of him, Harper certainly wasn't expecting returning to the clinic to be one of them. "If you want me there," he concedes quietly. "And if you're okay with what people may say, how they may misinterpret things. I don't want to make this any harder on you." Harper could not care less what people say about him, not when he is still so fresh-faced in the Grounds. Phoebe, however, may take the weight of their gossiping and slander. He had moved out to give her the privacy and respect a married woman deserved, but moving back in so soon after the divorce would only bring more attention to her that she didn't need in such a vulnerable state.
Of the things she could ask of him, Harper certainly wasn't expecting returning to the clinic to be one of them. "If you want me there," he concedes quietly. "And if you're okay with what people may say, how they may misinterpret things. I don't want to make this any harder on you." Harper could not care less what people say about him, not when he is still so fresh-faced in the Grounds. Phoebe, however, may take the weight of their gossiping and slander. He had moved out to give her the privacy and respect a married woman deserved, but moving back in so soon after the divorce would only bring more attention to her that she didn't need in such a vulnerable state.
lord don't let me break this, let me hold you lightly
give me arms to pray with instead of ones that hold too tightly
give me arms to pray with instead of ones that hold too tightly
