His saddened brown eyes looked over at the figure with the defiantly crossed arms by the open window. He couldn't think of anything clever to say.
'Actually...now isn't the right time' he mumbled. Milady broke away and turned around, wiping away the tears. She felt like such a fool for letting everything go and weeping on his shoulder like she had used to be able to do before he had turned on her and all was lost that night.
How stupid he was to think that it could all change just because she had weakened and let him into her heart for a minute.
'What's going on? Why was I not invited to this therapy session?' Sissi tried to sound tougher than she felt but her aunt could always tell when she was pretending. Even with her back to them, Milady could tell. She realised that Sissi had seen her crying and had mixed feelings about it. Probably because she had never seen her cry. Sissi was of the opinion that her aunt could handle anything and crying wasn't on the list.
'It's alright Sissi, I'll explain.' Milady turned around, in full possession of her senses now, eyes clear and dry. Athos protested but she hushed him gently, putting a finger lightly to his lips. Just a look from her surrendered him. 'I'll speak to you later' she promised under her breath. 'Just let me talk to her first.' He nodded slightly, a sign that he had heard and was willing to adhere to her wishes. He wanted to keep her there and feel the touch of her healing hands on him but she had already slipped away to tend to her niece, the person that he had made her admit she would give anything to ensure the well being of.
Sissi looked over her shoulder at Athos forlornly standing there outside the french windows. Milady gently turned her chin around and requested to walk to a more private spot, upstairs to their rooms. She hadn't realised it was because Milady was forcing herself not to look back herself, only using the corner of her eye to spy on the subject of the reluctant forthcoming conversation. She hated leaving him there but things were getting out of hand and she had to tell Sissi something before she found out from other sources.