It's a beautiful thing. The love they have for each other--and for the knight who had wormed his way deep into both of their hearts--is a beautiful thing. Their children (and the boys are all their children) are a beautiful thing.
He's got to lift his other hand as well, catch both her cheeks tight between his hands and press their foreheads together. It's important that she breathe with him--and that she feels the absolute truth of what they all know is true.
"I love you." Important to start there. "And I love Elliot. And he loves you and-- you love him." He shifts his head enough to bump their noses lightly together. "If there's sin in that, God will judge us later. What-- we have now, what-- we have here, Rachel, is beautiful."
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He's got to lift his other hand as well, catch both her cheeks tight between his hands and press their foreheads together. It's important that she breathe with him--and that she feels the absolute truth of what they all know is true.
"I love you." Important to start there. "And I love Elliot. And he loves you and-- you love him." He shifts his head enough to bump their noses lightly together. "If there's sin in that, God will judge us later. What-- we have now, what-- we have here, Rachel, is beautiful."