forgive or forget.
“Please just don’t blame Frank,” Beth said. “He wasn’t just out there to take advantage of me. And he makes a valid point.”
“What’s that?”
“You two weren’t together anymore. He was basically single.”
Wait…am I only blaming Frank here? No way! Beth should’ve known better too. Sarah huffed. “I knew he’d hook up with other women. I just didn’t expect it to be my best friend—especially not five minutes after I broke up with him.”
“I know, Sarah. I broke the honor code. But please don’t kick me out of your life. I can’t bear to go through this alone. I need you, Sarah! You’re still my best friend, even if I don’t deserve you. I hope you’ll forgive me,” whispered Beth. “Please?”
Steven turned his camera toward himself and talked into the lens. “Boy, I’ve missed so many episodes of Days of Our Lives out here, but all things considered, this is so much better! Like sands through the portal, these are the days of our medieval lives…”
“Turn that camera off!” hissed Sarah. “I can’t believe they let you carry that thing around.”
“You’re so much better without Frank,” Adam said to Sarah. “Besides, I’m going to sue him for slander, and he’ll be beyond broke after that. He’s no good. I told Beth the same thing, but considering she’s knocked up with the idiot’s spawn, she won’t listen.”
Beth rolled her eyes. “Hey! A little manners please? I’m standing right here, and that’s just…well, it’s uncalled for.”
Adam chuckled as he picked up his fedora from the ground and placed it on his head. “Maybe Beth and Frank should just get hitched and raise their baby together.”
“Sounds good to me.”
Sarah’s mouth dropped, and it took a minute for her brain to function. “Well, congratulations. For once, you should do the right thing, be a real man,” she said, staring Frank dead in the eyes.
“I will take care of this baby if it is, in fact, proven to be mine,” Frank said. “But anyway, can we not talk about this for a minute? Take me on Maury when we get back to civilization or whatever, but right now, I’m just glad Sarah found her sister.”
“How do you know about that?” Sarah asked.
Adam chimed in. “Liz said there is no use hiding anymore since the Immortals already know about her.”
“Yeah, she came in and introduced herself while you were out, uh…” Frank coughed and cleared his throat. “… riding your husband…er, I mean riding with your husband.”
Oh, so he wants to throw in a jab, huh? Well, I can throw my own punches, mister . “You mean the husband you made me marry?”
Frank patted her shoulder, and particles of sand fell to the ground. “Rolling around on the beach?”
She wouldn’t dignify him with an answer. “Had we walked out of that jail cell together, I would’ve never met him and become Immortal. I wouldn’t be hunted down by the Immortals, who want to take me to court and sentence me to death, who want to execute me like they almost did my sister. That is the result of your idea of a rescue, Frank.”
“Your sister tells us Victor and King William have a plan to save your life,” Beth said.
“Yes, but all of this could have been avoided had I not followed Frank’s brilliant plan.”
“I gave you an out,” he said. “Back in that cell, I changed my mind and said we should forget the whole thing—that we’d find another way. But you, Sarah, stubborn as ever, wouldn’t listen. You threw yourself in that cell and slammed the door shut in my face.”
She wagged her finger in his face. “That was only after you convinced me we’d never get home any other way!”
“There was no other way,” Frank said, “and you know it. You’re just mad at me, and unjustifiably so, if you ask me. You gave me the cold shoulder the minute we walked through the portal. I did everything to help you find your sister and keep you safe. Most men would have run the
“Please just don’t blame Frank,” Beth said. “He wasn’t just out there to take advantage of me. And he makes a valid point.”
“What’s that?”
“You two weren’t together anymore. He was basically single.”
Wait…am I only blaming Frank here? No way! Beth should’ve known better too. Sarah huffed. “I knew he’d hook up with other women. I just didn’t expect it to be my best friend—especially not five minutes after I broke up with him.”
“I know, Sarah. I broke the honor code. But please don’t kick me out of your life. I can’t bear to go through this alone. I need you, Sarah! You’re still my best friend, even if I don’t deserve you. I hope you’ll forgive me,” whispered Beth. “Please?”
Steven turned his camera toward himself and talked into the lens. “Boy, I’ve missed so many episodes of Days of Our Lives out here, but all things considered, this is so much better! Like sands through the portal, these are the days of our medieval lives…”
“Turn that camera off!” hissed Sarah. “I can’t believe they let you carry that thing around.”
“You’re so much better without Frank,” Adam said to Sarah. “Besides, I’m going to sue him for slander, and he’ll be beyond broke after that. He’s no good. I told Beth the same thing, but considering she’s knocked up with the idiot’s spawn, she won’t listen.”
Beth rolled her eyes. “Hey! A little manners please? I’m standing right here, and that’s just…well, it’s uncalled for.”
Adam chuckled as he picked up his fedora from the ground and placed it on his head. “Maybe Beth and Frank should just get hitched and raise their baby together.”
“Sounds good to me.”
Sarah’s mouth dropped, and it took a minute for her brain to function. “Well, congratulations. For once, you should do the right thing, be a real man,” she said, staring Frank dead in the eyes.
“I will take care of this baby if it is, in fact, proven to be mine,” Frank said. “But anyway, can we not talk about this for a minute? Take me on Maury when we get back to civilization or whatever, but right now, I’m just glad Sarah found her sister.”
“How do you know about that?” Sarah asked.
Adam chimed in. “Liz said there is no use hiding anymore since the Immortals already know about her.”
“Yeah, she came in and introduced herself while you were out, uh…” Frank coughed and cleared his throat. “… riding your husband…er, I mean riding with your husband.”
Oh, so he wants to throw in a jab, huh? Well, I can throw my own punches, mister . “You mean the husband you made me marry?”
Frank patted her shoulder, and particles of sand fell to the ground. “Rolling around on the beach?”
She wouldn’t dignify him with an answer. “Had we walked out of that jail cell together, I would’ve never met him and become Immortal. I wouldn’t be hunted down by the Immortals, who want to take me to court and sentence me to death, who want to execute me like they almost did my sister. That is the result of your idea of a rescue, Frank.”
“Your sister tells us Victor and King William have a plan to save your life,” Beth said.
“Yes, but all of this could have been avoided had I not followed Frank’s brilliant plan.”
“I gave you an out,” he said. “Back in that cell, I changed my mind and said we should forget the whole thing—that we’d find another way. But you, Sarah, stubborn as ever, wouldn’t listen. You threw yourself in that cell and slammed the door shut in my face.”
She wagged her finger in his face. “That was only after you convinced me we’d never get home any other way!”
“There was no other way,” Frank said, “and you know it. You’re just mad at me, and unjustifiably so, if you ask me. You gave me the cold shoulder the minute we walked through the portal. I did everything to help you find your sister and keep you safe. Most men would have run the
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