“The years have changed me, too,” she said. “I have been a mother and a grandmother, and I have seen those I love die, and seen others be born. You speak of the currents of the world. I have seen them too. If I were still the same girl I was when you knew me first, I would not have been able to speak my heart as freely to you as I just have. I would not be able to ask you what I am about to ask you now.” He brought his hand up and cupped her cheek. She could see the hope in his expression, slowly dawning. “And what is that?” “Come with me,” she said. “Stay with me. Be with me. See everything
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