You’ve always been in my heart, Eliza—I just never realized how much. Through the years, you silently took it over, bit by bit, piece by piece, without ever having to try. I don’t know when I began to love you, only that I did, and that I couldn’t stop. And when I finally woke up to it, I panicked and tried to take it back. But it was hopeless from the start. Because if I carved you out of my heart, I wouldn’t have any heart left.”
