Whisper of Fortune and Love

ng one another despite the obstacles each of them carried. Since then, they had only grown closer, yet they were now dealing with something more difficult than either had ever im

ing that sometimes - in order to go forward - all you had to do was try to make peace with the past and let go of the things about you that had, for so long, kept you from moving on. Th

nothing unusual, she was always graceful, but tonight, there was an inkling of tremor in her heart. It wasn't the event that made her nervous; it was the

still lingered. Her career had been her anchor, her sense of purpose. Could she truly forge a

ichael preceded each other into the grand hall and that blanket of expectation spread, the enormity hit. No longer two people trying to stum

of his world pushing down on him. He had always been able to compartmentalize his personal and professional life, but now, with Jessica at his

he looked to him. "You okay?" she said

full of familiar faces. "Yeah, I'm fi

ring him. "We're in this together. Yo

timate. As they stood on the balcony, watching the city lights below, a moment o

said, her voice soft but firm. "About

her, his face a calm attentiv

th vulnerability. "I just mean, I'm here with you, and I want this to work. But there are still p

. He understood that the path they'd been walking wasn't complication-f

now I've been scared, too. There's so much that I've had to release the grip on - old fears

admitting that he, also, was suffering. "You don't have to know everything, Michael," she said gently. "None of us do. I think

s already been taken. We've decided to trust each other. And that's not easy. B

What a journey both of them had taken, and while they knew they had a long way to go, the strong b

d resolve. "We don't have to know it all now. But if we're wi

ed to drop their fears, to shed the generations of baggage that had held them back for too long. In doing so, they had given themselves

longer fearful of it. And together they would tackl

sica both felt forced to comprehend something in their souls: that letting go did not mean givin