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[sister_samurai]

Heinkel... there's something I must tell you. I'm so sorry... I never wanted to hurt you, but- But these secrets have been tearing me apart inside and it's time to finally come clean! You deserve to know the truth!

I...

I've been cheating on you!

((OOC: Secret affair and family secret in one! And mostly true, but who can tell today? ^^;))

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*voice post*

[sister_samurai]

[gasp] Oh God!

*voice post*

[sister_samurai]

Heinkel... !

*voice post*

[sister_samurai]

I'm sorry, Heinkel. I'm so sorry--

[Ragged intake of breath.]

I... I love you, too...

*voice post*

[sister_samurai]

[Audible swallow, sniffling.]

Ah! I'm here.

[Hard sigh.]

...yes...

((OOC: Makes for dramatic effect, after all. ;) Do you want to continue playing the surreal conversation about the "baby" and whatnot, or assume it from here?))

[comment log]

[sister_samurai]

[Walks out from her room, dread practically radiating from her, the reddened eyes that reluctantly meet Heinkel's suggest tears that have since been wiped away.]

I haven't.

[Her voice is hoarse as she leans back against the wall, a gloved palm meeting her face.]

Good Lord, where should I even start?

[comment log]

[sister_samurai]

[Takes a breath, sounding unconvinced.]

Usually... but...

[Slowly looks to her again, haunted and, for all the world of hurt obvious in her manner, oddly hollow.]

Just ask your questions.

[comment log]

[sister_samurai]

[Shakes head, crossing her arms.]

I can't tell you his name. Won't.

[Hands shift position slightly until she's subtly hugging herself.]

As for the baby...

[Closes her eyes, grief etched in her face, filling her voice.]

Alex... didn't have long in the world.

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[sister_samurai]

[Crumples in the embrace, weeping pitifully against her partner's shoulder.]

He was such a beautiful boy... I didn't understand it... he'd been seen by a doctor just a day before, said he was fine--

[Choked, shaking.]

I-- I was so scared I couldn't raise someone who would go to Heaven. I really wanted something better for him him than his parents could have, to become a better person than either of us.... If only I could have gotten someone to baptize him...