She heard his words, his answer to her unspoken comments, and felt a sob break free. A finger to her chin turned her head and she looked at him again…finally. In those eyes she saw the flames, the crashing waves, and her heart sang out.
“Hello, Tayla. I am Terrence Phoenix.” He cupped her face, wiped away the falling tears with his thumbs. “And I am still deeply in love with you.”
Tayla broke down and cried then, not heart-wrenching sobs of grief she remembered oh so well, but refreshing tears of joy as she reached up and touched his cheeks, grazed her fingers over his forehead, his ears, his lips. “And I with you, my love.”