[Not shaken so much as didn't want to admit it. But he looked over at her when she concurred with his theory. It gave him hope and that was what he needed.

And she floored him with what she said next, because it wasn't something that he was looking to hear. But that too was something that he needed to hear though he didn't realize it until he actually heard it. And it meant the world to him honestly. But all he could do was acknowledge.]

Thank you,