Evangeline genuinely wasn't sure how she felt today. On the one hand, if you had asked her a few years ago how she would feel on the occasion of Elias' wedding, she likely would have said distraught. But their entanglement had been a long time ago now, and for better or worse, Eva was a very different person now than she had been at eighteen. And she had moved on, and she was happy, in a way she didn't think she'd ever really been before. And all she wanted for Elias was for him to be happy.
Still. Some part of her was still a little sad today, and she thought that was probably only natural. Eva could be happy for Elias and his new bride and be sad for her own past all at the same time. The feelings, it turned out, were not mutually exclusive.
Needless to say, taking a break from being surrounded by other people celebrating the nuptials certainly felt like a wise idea for Eva's own sanity. Cognitive dissonance, it turned out, was emotionally draining, and not at all a good state of mind for celebrating. It was fine. Of course it was fine. But she needed a break.
As it happened, she was not the only person who had had this idea, because when Evangeline made her way outside, she found that she was not alone. She noted the woman's cigarette and her identity specifically in that order, which probably said something or other about her. Ah, well. "Could I bother you for one of those?"
Still. Some part of her was still a little sad today, and she thought that was probably only natural. Eva could be happy for Elias and his new bride and be sad for her own past all at the same time. The feelings, it turned out, were not mutually exclusive.
Needless to say, taking a break from being surrounded by other people celebrating the nuptials certainly felt like a wise idea for Eva's own sanity. Cognitive dissonance, it turned out, was emotionally draining, and not at all a good state of mind for celebrating. It was fine. Of course it was fine. But she needed a break.
As it happened, she was not the only person who had had this idea, because when Evangeline made her way outside, she found that she was not alone. She noted the woman's cigarette and her identity specifically in that order, which probably said something or other about her. Ah, well. "Could I bother you for one of those?"
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