Danica ran into Emrys a few more times after that.
She could tell it wasn't just Calista who carried a torch for Emrys. He was head over heels for her too.
His love was quiet and repressed, though. He only let it show the second Calista turned her back to him.
Calista never picked up on it, but Danica caught every little fleeting c***k in his composure.
Danica was utterly smitten with a man like that.
But since his heart was set on someone else, a bitter, roiling mess of emotions churned in her chest.
She never let a sliver of those feelings slip, of course. She locked that little crush away tight, buried deep where no one could find it.
That was, until the day of Calista's memorial service, when she saw Emrys again.
Calista was dead now. There was no reason to hold back on her acc
