Rising Sun Valley Confessions

"I think that you are better," Sarah replied, meaning every word. She was not a good person, not according to the high standards she had set for herself. And Gannet - though he definitely had his own flaws - had been that better person. Always listening, never battering her with words or - worse - offended and judgemental silences. 

After this point the conversation would be difficult to continue, because Sarah always felt awkward and uneasy, when she had revealed something deeply personly. So it was a lucky occasion that a distraction happened - either her niece returned with a message to relay, opinion to voice, or hunger was nagging - and their conversation could come to a natural end.

And months after that, when Gannet would have already left with Mona and Ashlar, Sarah would find solace in that she had at least in some way managed to tell her friend that he was wise and important to her. That she held him and his opinion in high regard.