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“But we’ll do it anyway”

Elsa srandfather It had taken decades, but she finally knew exactly what he’d s he’d told her It wasn’t the fear that mattered in life It was the choices made when you were afraid You were brave because of your fear, not in spite of it “Yes”

She leaned down and kissed her daughter’s forehead “Sleep well, baby girl To day”

Elsa left her children and went into the roo for her A single candle burned in a brass holder on the nightstand The few boxes that held their belongings were stacked along one wall

Jack stood

She walked boldly up to hi, new, not deep and settled and familiar like Rose and Tony’s, but love just the sa start of it All of her life she’d waited for a moment like this, yearned for it, and she would not let it pass by unnoticed, unremarked upon Time felt incredibly precious in these hours before the strike “I pro crazy”

“Oh, yeah?”

She brought her hands up, linked them behind his head “I’ve never asked a man to dance And I know there’s no music”

“Elsa,” he whispered, leaning in to kiss her,played “We are the music”

Elsa closed her eyes and let him lead

For you, Jean

THIRTY-FIVE

Elsa akened by a kiss She opened her eyes slowly Last night was the best night’s sleep of her life, which seeiven the circumstances

Jack leaned over her “My comrades should be downstairs by now”

Elsa sat up, pushed the tangled hair from her eyes “How many of you are there?”