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07-18-2016, 12:08 AM
curiosity killed the cat . satisfaction brought it back
When he finally agreed that he was truly nothing to her dead child she finally let the subject drop. She woudl never understand why someone would want to take so much responsibility for something that had nothing to do with them. Her gaze lingered on Tembovu for a moment longer before she finally looked away, her golden eyes dropping down to the water that they both stood in. Then he spoke again, asking her what he had been to her. That question caused her to look back at him, her golden eyes meeting his blue ones as she thought about the answer that immediately popped into her head. "At first you were a means to an end. Then you became a friend." She answered truthfully.
What am I to you?
That was the hard question. She still saw Tembovu as a friend. She cared for him immensely, loved him even. But was she in love with him? That was a question that she didn't have the answer to and wasn't prepared to even try to answer. "You're a friend..." Her voice trailed as she paused to thin about what she wanted to say. "...a friend that I love and trust with my life." But Tembovu would not get to ask those questions and not expect them to be asked in return. "What was I to you then ... in Dorobo?" She asked. "And what am I to you right here, right now?"
She didn't know what his answers would be, but she prayed that after revealing what she had that what he had to say would not hurt too much.
"How would you make up for it, Ada?"
Did he really have to ask how she would make ammends for condemning her unborn child to death? Was the answer to that question not blatantly obvious? How else would she make up for her transgression besides raising and nurturing a child as she should have when she'd been given the opportunity the first time? Still, it appeared as though Tembovu would need to hear her say it before he would be satisfied. "By raising a child." She murmured. "By caring for, nurturing, and protecting a child..." If I'm ever given the chance to...
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What am I to you?
That was the hard question. She still saw Tembovu as a friend. She cared for him immensely, loved him even. But was she in love with him? That was a question that she didn't have the answer to and wasn't prepared to even try to answer. "You're a friend..." Her voice trailed as she paused to thin about what she wanted to say. "...a friend that I love and trust with my life." But Tembovu would not get to ask those questions and not expect them to be asked in return. "What was I to you then ... in Dorobo?" She asked. "And what am I to you right here, right now?"
She didn't know what his answers would be, but she prayed that after revealing what she had that what he had to say would not hurt too much.
"How would you make up for it, Ada?"
Did he really have to ask how she would make ammends for condemning her unborn child to death? Was the answer to that question not blatantly obvious? How else would she make up for her transgression besides raising and nurturing a child as she should have when she'd been given the opportunity the first time? Still, it appeared as though Tembovu would need to hear her say it before he would be satisfied. "By raising a child." She murmured. "By caring for, nurturing, and protecting a child..." If I'm ever given the chance to...
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Adaeze
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