Will You Keep The Secret

She nodded slowly. "Please.."

River offered his arms out to her

Eliza stepped closer until she was able to slid her arms around him.

River held her gently

She kept the hug brief.

"Are you ok?"

"I-.. " she had been about to claim that she was but decided against that and slowly shook her head, tears filling her eyes as she looked away from him.

River gently pulled her into another hug, whispering, "Its okay, of course your not going to be. You've been through a lot."

She hesitated only a moment before wrapping her arms around him again and tucking her face into his shoulder.

"Your not alone anymore, Eliza. We're going to get you home."

She nodded.

"Here for you, ok?"

"Thank you," she whispered, stepping back from his hug and wiping her eyes with her sleeve.

River nodded subtly

She sniffled. "Where are we?"

"Well, uh, this.. this is where I want to build my next resteraunt." He hummed, motioning to the cliff face.

She looked out over the cliff. "Here? How come? For the view?"

"Mm, but not for the view of the cliff face." He hummed, before continuing to walk. Leading her to a cave which, when deep enough in it, opened up to a lush blue lagoon that fed into the ocean. "For that view. The resteraunt will be in this cave, and it will only open during the twilight, nighttime and sunrise hours - the most beautiful times of the day."

Eliza hesitated before slowly following him into the cave, staring at awe at the lagoon.

"I just don't know what I would call it,"

"What have you called your other restaurants?"

"It is always something relating to my life upon opening. I came here, fighting a war that was lost - untrusting. Now I have made a friend here, now I have learnt trust."

"A-.. a war?" She whispered, turning to look at him. "What have I missed...." Eliza frowned deeply shaking her head trying to clear his thoughts. "So you made friends and you're much more trusting now."

"Dallas was on the winning side, Addison and I were stranded here. He could of handed us over, or killed us himself but he didn't - he kept us there until we felt safe enough to start to leave the house alone. He won me over, eventually - which is a hard feat. This place has been a journey."

She blinked at him in obvious confusion and information overload. "I-.. that's a lot. Where you all okay?"