"You won't be able to," she admits. "I've had eighteen years to learn otherwise." And for every good thing he said, there would be others saying the reverse. "You don't need to do any of this for me."
She wipes at her eyes with a napkin, and reaches for her drink to finish it off.
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She wipes at her eyes with a napkin, and reaches for her drink to finish it off.
"Thank you."