Phoebe
As he spoke, her own lips pursed and she began to roll up her towel. Poetic as his words were, as much as she yearned to believe them and wallow in the comfort they gave, she recoiled. "It is easy to look at something with a pretty exterior and see only beauty. But the most beautiful things can be the most dangerous." she said, gaze and voice distant. "Foxglove. Belladonna. Larkspur. Oleander. Wolfsbane. They are the most beautiful of blooms, and the faintest taste can drop a fully grown man." she said, placing her towel and book in her bag.
She pulled on a loose, thin, very flowy coverup sort of dress that barely reached just above her knees, still speckled with perfectly round scars. "You ought to talk to my ex-husband before you take any chances. He will give you the truth you cannot see." she said, lips pulling to a thin line. She didn't like this. It hurt to put this part of her on display. She didn't want him to talk to Sunjata, to hear about how horrible she was and could be - she wanted to believe that maybe, this time, a man meant what he said.
But precedent was against him, and she did not know his character well enough to know the depths of his honesty. "Don't waste your chances chasing me. I'm not worth it. Nothing you do or say will change that."
She pulled on a loose, thin, very flowy coverup sort of dress that barely reached just above her knees, still speckled with perfectly round scars. "You ought to talk to my ex-husband before you take any chances. He will give you the truth you cannot see." she said, lips pulling to a thin line. She didn't like this. It hurt to put this part of her on display. She didn't want him to talk to Sunjata, to hear about how horrible she was and could be - she wanted to believe that maybe, this time, a man meant what he said.
But precedent was against him, and she did not know his character well enough to know the depths of his honesty. "Don't waste your chances chasing me. I'm not worth it. Nothing you do or say will change that."
I can see your sad story eyes,
So how do you have no words to say
So how do you have no words to say
