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"I don’t know," she said with a graceful tilt of her head, a graceful lift of her shoulders "I think God gets scared"

"You do? See All-powerful What is there for Him to fear?"

"Us," she said "His people He loves us and we’re" She turned her gaze onto the water "Sile, yes And He’s new to us, as nee are to Hith He doesn’t understand yet hoe are" She paused and looked at her feet in the sand "I’ve seen s by accident Theto hurt their babies But still, the eggshells, they’re too fragile"

Kingsley felt soshell He felt it in the place where his heart should be

"I it is to know you could crush your own creation siine"

"I suppose that’s the price we pay," she said, looking toward the horizon

"Pay for what?"

"For loving and being loved by sosley nodded God was so vast, and they so sot crushed? And yet, living in a world without God’s poould be like living in a world without oceans

"How did you findpeople I found where your hut was and when you weren’t there, I followed your footsteps Do you walk here often?"

"Every evening"

"Can I ask you so?" Juliette took a small step closer to him

"Ask"

"Why are you here? In Haiti, Ito speak as vaguely as possible What happened between him and Elle was between him and Elle and no one else Not even Søren Especially not Søren "I didn’t handle it as well as I should have, and someone important to me was harmed in the process If I’d stayed, I would have made it worse for her And it was bad already"

"Elle est partie," Juliette said Kingsley looked at her in shock

"How do you know her name?"

"Her naone’"

In French "She is gone" was "Elle est partie" He’d been speaking of Elle in his sleep She is gone Elle is gone Sasley said "Eleanor"

"I see Were you in love with her, with Elle?"

"No It was different with us Love but not in love Friends but not friends I can’t explain us"

"Love but not in love Fasley smiled "We were lovers"

"I know married couples not in love with each other But they are fa of her and him and Søren and what they were to each other Would they ever be that close again? "Perhaps she was family There are two people in the world who know all of htened painfully "I failed her when she needed one and I can’t even tell her how sorry I am"