"You have nothing to be sorry for. You feel as you feel. And... I think you will learn, i time, but I am not going to try to force you." He kissed the top of her head.

He smiled warmly, and sadly, but he was prepared for this.

He did hear her, for he rarely missed her words. "You deserve to love those you wish. Someday, you will find your way there. And whoever it is with, will be a lucky person."

He nodded. "You deserve the person you love. I wish this place took requests, and would bring Thomas here for you." It hurt to say, but he also felt it truly.