"I should have told you every day from the moment I met you. I love you."
"I love you. I've made my choice. What's yours?"
She did love him.
But why couldn't she say it back?
A flash of deep brown eyes; unfathomable. A red bandana and sea-worn hair with clinking trinkets. And a crooked smile, one that shone with adventure and excitement and a world she could only imagine.
Elizabeth couldn't reason it.