Temporary. Her blood turns cold at the word. She'd never considered herself that. But that's what happens when you're hundreds of years old. You start to view others as temporary. Like her problems didn't matter, because in five years she'd be dead.
"He promised me." He'd be there for her when she was old and grey and he'd be there with her. She knew that would never be the case, deep down. But it was a safe thought. Like being with Cooper wouldn't end.
But that was temporary, too. Bill would get out of prison, and she'd leave Cooper. Or they'd come to the point where what they wanted was so different that they couldn't stay together- Nancy, after all, wanted a real family. Cooper couldn't give her that. They both knew it.
She swallows. "And there are people that need me. As long as I'm alive, and I don't intend on letting them down."
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Temporary. Her blood turns cold at the word. She'd never considered herself that. But that's what happens when you're hundreds of years old. You start to view others as temporary. Like her problems didn't matter, because in five years she'd be dead.
"He promised me." He'd be there for her when she was old and grey and he'd be there with her. She knew that would never be the case, deep down. But it was a safe thought. Like being with Cooper wouldn't end.
But that was temporary, too. Bill would get out of prison, and she'd leave Cooper. Or they'd come to the point where what they wanted was so different that they couldn't stay together- Nancy, after all, wanted a real family. Cooper couldn't give her that. They both knew it.
She swallows. "And there are people that need me. As long as I'm alive, and I don't intend on letting them down."
Nancy doesn't look at Joss.