"Frankly, as Mrs. Bush, I have no right to ask you or stop you from marrying someone." As she spoke, she laughed at herself, mingled with desolation.
His manner was as firm as ever in agreeing to marry another woman.
No matter what the reason, this love between two people had gone bad and could not go back.
Crystal pushed him gently away and got up.
"Where are you going?" Nathan asked.
"Didn't you promise to go somewhere with me?"
"You're hurt. Don't you run away!"
"I must go today." Crystal thought that Nathan would be gone if she went in the afternoon and opened her eyes tomorrow.
Nathan seemed to be pondering the possibility of going into her state.
"Why don't you hug me? If you can't lift me, I can use a wheelchair. You push me." Crystal thought that was fine. She nodded. "We can't stay together anyway. The rest of the time, you take care of me to give me an early taste of old age..."
