[When he said that, she realized...just how true that could be. It wasn't even about the name. Not really. It was the lies and the secrecy that had come with it. The knowledge that, no matter how genuine her feelings for him had become over time, the start of their relationship had been a farce. She'd had a single objective. To get the necklace. For her homicidal sister, who had used him as an alibi.]
[But there was no Dahlia in between them now. He knew the whole story. She knew his whole story. And now, he was telling her...he still wanted them to be together. Like before, only better.]
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[When he said that, she realized...just how true that could be. It wasn't even about the name. Not really. It was the lies and the secrecy that had come with it. The knowledge that, no matter how genuine her feelings for him had become over time, the start of their relationship had been a farce. She'd had a single objective. To get the necklace. For her homicidal sister, who had used him as an alibi.]
[But there was no Dahlia in between them now. He knew the whole story. She knew his whole story. And now, he was telling her...he still wanted them to be together. Like before, only better.]
[And you know what?]
...yes.
[She did too.]
I...it's what I want, Feenie. This. Us.