"I love Gerald, Bertha! More than anything else and I want to marry him!"
Those words kept repeating in Bertha's mind no matter how much she tried to distract herself. There was no way of getting rid of those words.
After that heartfelt conversation with Theodora where Bertha didn't say even a single word and all the talking was done by Theodora, Bertha grew restless.
The kiss that gave butterflies in her stomach now felt wrong, unethical!
How could she be happy after kissing a man that her best friend loved?
She tried telling her heart that Gerald was not hers, he never was, and he could never be. But every time he talked to her, touched her, she found her resolve to weaken, but this time, Theodora's one line had made her eyes open wide.
This couldn't continue like that, it shouldn't! And that kiss shouldn't happen again!
