Re: Ashley and Darcy and Open
Darcy realised, with a bit of a sinking heart, that she was talking about her father in the past tense. of course she was, what else could she do, but it did seem to cement the facts of the situation. He thought of losing his own father - but it was different, wasn't it? He'd had closure. A body, a funeral, a gravestone. It was final, and when things were final you could learn to move on, in time. This wasn't like that... it was just an absence, a blank space, a negative.
He liked the way she described him, though.
"He sounds like a good man. Although I am not surprised," he told her, holding onto her in return to try to keep her feeling safe and loved.