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 Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:13 pm
Marcus shrugged. "In a sense. He found one of my letters and figured the rest. He's not angry, and he's kept it a secret." He smiled at Terryn's expression. "He's a good man, your father."
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:16 pm
Terryn nodded, smiling a little to herself. "I know he is. I am very lucky to still have him at least."
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:25 pm
Marcus nodded, and decided to take a chance. "He actually spoke to me about a few more serious things as well."
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:28 pm
"Such as?" Terryn had held back from telling him the extent of her conversation with his grandmother, but perhaps she wouldn't mind telling him if he opened up first.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:45 pm
Marcus tried to read Terryn's face for some sort of expression--curiosity, hope even. "Such as our futures. 'Our' as in, together."
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:51 pm
Terryn blinked, wondering if once again the adults had been collaborating. "He did now? And...what were his thoughts?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:55 pm
Marcus looked at Terryn and shrugged. "He wants to see you in capable hands as soon as possible," Marcus said, sitting up a little to see Terryn's reaction to this.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:57 pm
"In capable hands?" Terryn raised an eyebrow. "He believes me defenseless?" She frowned, remembering what had happened to her almost exactly a year ago. She had been rather defenseless back then...
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:03 pm
Marcus shook his head. "No...but I do think that he wants your security ascertained. What do you think of all this?" he asked, really referring only to marriage.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:07 pm
"I...I am not sure." Terryn looked up at him tiredly. "I do not wish to be married to be taken care of. I would wish to be married because I want to spend my life with someone I love."
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:22 pm
Marcus nodded slowly. "...And...do you?" he asked tentatively, throwing caution to the wind.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:23 pm
"Do I wish to be married?" Terryn shrugged. She didn't want to seem overly eager and scare him away. "Only if it was mutual."
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:30 pm
Marcus started to smile now. Terryn's nonchalantness (or her attempts, at least) wasn't fooling him. "Well, you should have said something earlier," he said indignantly, smiling a bit wider.
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:35 pm
"I should have?" Terryn looked at him inquisitively, feeling a little floaty in the stomach. "I...I did not really think anything of it before. I was sort of focused on the whole prison situation."
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:51 pm
"Ah. Well, that explains it," answered Marcus, settling into the pillows again. He looked at Terryn with the smallest of triumphant smirks. "Let's sleep now."
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