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Оглавление“Do not say things you will regret,” Lydia whispered.
“Please. You are too soon trying to set things the way you remember them—the way you want them to be. But you are not the boy who left here, John. And I am not that girl. We cannot go back in this world—only forward.”
She pulled away from him and continued walking back to her house—her house, her school, her life.
“We could be if you’re willing to work things out with me,” John said and was gratified to see her step falter. “We could find a way to…”
She turned around, but her features remained in shadow. “I am glad that you’ve come home, John. Is that not enough for now?”
“It’s a beginning,” he admitted. “But—”
“And that’s the point, John Amman. We are beginning again, and you must allow time for things to develop according to God’s will.” She took half a step toward him, but stopped. “You must think of me as someone you are just getting to know, John.”
“Is that how you see me? As some stranger?”
“Not a stranger exactly. Just not…” Her voice trailed off.
“Just not the same person you once loved?”
