She swallowed. Maybe she should have let Tess handle this. She knew what Sarah meant to Joel, she knew the whole story. It had been 20 years, and she'd been shocked when she first saw her, not to mention what Joel would have thought. But she couldn't just ignore that Sarah was there, she couldn't keep that from Joel.
Even then, knowing she couldn't have done it, it didn't mean that she wasn't almost losing her nerve. "Sarah's here," she repeats again, clearer this time. "She got here a few months ago." There was no way to smooth over that botched recovery.
And then, there was Tess. Two people so important to Joel, both dead, both there. Ellie didn't know how to tell him about either, and she'd done a magnificently fucked up job telling him about Sarah. But she couldn't afford to look away from him, either. She needed to see that he believed her.
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Even then, knowing she couldn't have done it, it didn't mean that she wasn't almost losing her nerve. "Sarah's here," she repeats again, clearer this time. "She got here a few months ago." There was no way to smooth over that botched recovery.
And then, there was Tess. Two people so important to Joel, both dead, both there. Ellie didn't know how to tell him about either, and she'd done a magnificently fucked up job telling him about Sarah. But she couldn't afford to look away from him, either. She needed to see that he believed her.