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'Look at us baby, up all night--Tearing our love apart--Aren't we the same two people who live--through years in the dark?
Tearing our love apart--Aren't we the same two people who live--through years in the dark?...Ahh...
Every time I try to walk away--Something makes me turn around and stay--And I can't tell you why...
When we get crazy, it just ain't to right--(try to keep your head, little girl)--'cause I get lonely, too
You don't have to worry--Just hold on tight--(don't get caught in your little world): 'Cause I love you
Nothing's wrong as far as I can see--We make it harder than it has to be--
And I can't tell you why...no, baby, I can't tell you why...I can't tell you why
No, no, baby, I can't tell you why...I can't tell you why..I can't tell you why'...
City of E. Miami Chief Pathologist Adrian Webb stared wordlessly at the woman who had (HAD) shared his bed and his life for the past
six months, able only to shake his head. "I-I suspected as much," he finally admitted. "I didn't want to face it or see the signs because by
that time I was in too deep. It didn't help that you agreed to go with me to LA - not to assign blame, just sayin'..."
Annalise returns his weak, equally sad smile. "I never should have gotten involved with you, KNOWING how I feel about Rosie. I don't say that
to hurt you, Aid...it's completely my fault, and I knew better: KNEW that my fondness and appreciation of you would never overcome the deep
love and desire I feel for him. It was and is unfair...I'm so sorry."
Adrian sighed, then replied, "SHOULD I be pissed?" he asked semi-rhetorically. "I get that you don't love me - no one can control who they fall
in love with. To quote 'Whitney: it's not alright but it's ok.' As long as you're happy, Annalise."
"I...You're being so gracious about everything, Adrian...I wish"- and the rest of her sentence drifted, then ended.
"Don't, Babe," Webb urged gently. "Don't do that. It's really OK." He gathered himself and approached Villa, briefly hugging her. When they
pulled apart, he brushed a tear from each of her cheeks and whispered, "Getting over you will be hard, but I'll be FINE. After all: Ladies Luv
Adrian Webb!" he cracked before departing. Annalise sniffled wetly, wiped her eyes, and texted Rosie:
He responds less than one minute later: R-> 'I'll wait up❤
V->❤ U
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Rosie sips wine before remarking, "Did you expect him to react so...calmly?"
"I expected more...fireworks, to be honest," Annalise admits. "In his position - after a last-minute change in plans: like the one I sprung on him.
I explained to him that to stay with him...KNOWING WHAT I KNOW...FEELING THE WAY THAT I DO...would show a monumental lack of respect,
especially toward him and 200% unfair to all of us ."
"Not much you could have done, Lis."
"That's what HE said...he wished us well, for what it's worth."
Refilling their wine gobbets, Rosie says, "I accept my share of the blame for you even having to deal with any of that. Had I stepped up when
I should have"-
"Hey, hey, hey." Villa reaches over to link their fingers together after placing both of their wine glasses onto the coffee table. "Mama Donna
and Pippy told me about your fears and doubts--how scared you are about leaving me a widow for the second time. I GET IT: I do, but do
you know what I told them? That you are the best man I have ever known and that I love you more than any other man...including Eddie.
I'm all in . For the duration."
He smiles, embraces her, and lowers her to the sofa cushions...
'Nothing's wrong as far as I can see--We make it harder than it has to be--And I can't tell you why
No, baby, I can't tell you why-I can't tell you why
Every time I try to walk away--Something makes me turn around and stay--And I can't tell you why
No, no, baby, I can't tell you why--I can't tell you why--I can't tell you why...:
🎸🥁🎹
Every time I try to walk away--Something makes me turn around and stay--And I can't tell you why
No, no, baby, I can't tell you why--I can't tell you why'...🎸🥁🎹