Emmett's body sank like it weighed a thousand stone, his shoulders sagging and his face nearly touching the floor as his tears soaked into the wood. Chris and Milly would have definitely heard it, but he could not even produce the thought in the second, lost in his wave of grief.
Suddenly, there were hands on him. Instinctively he tried to wrestle away from them, but then he heard Phoebe's voice and froze still. A part of him wanted to lean into her, take the obvious comfort...but another part of him had set against her, decided his life now was his and could not be shared with her...
"Please just go, Phoebe." He eventually choked out, the words clogged with tears and directed at the floorboards, his face turned from her. "There ain' nothin' you can do here, and you don' understand. You ain' ever gonna understand, and I can' be lookin' after you as well as the kids. Go find a guy with more time or better...better something."
Suddenly, there were hands on him. Instinctively he tried to wrestle away from them, but then he heard Phoebe's voice and froze still. A part of him wanted to lean into her, take the obvious comfort...but another part of him had set against her, decided his life now was his and could not be shared with her...
"Please just go, Phoebe." He eventually choked out, the words clogged with tears and directed at the floorboards, his face turned from her. "There ain' nothin' you can do here, and you don' understand. You ain' ever gonna understand, and I can' be lookin' after you as well as the kids. Go find a guy with more time or better...better something."
Emmett
The sun went down beyond yon hill, across the dreary moor
Weary and lame a boy there came up to the farmer's door
Weary and lame a boy there came up to the farmer's door
