I lost daddy. And then I lost you, too. Even though I knew where you were, in 1968 you'd already been dead for 200 years. I don't know if you can claim this once you're eighteen and older but I was an orphan. And I wanted to be brave for you but it was hard. It was so hard.
[ Claire has always known that it wouldn't be easy. That her darling girl held it together long enough to say goodbye and then - if Claire had to guess - had a meltdown. But hearing it now fills Claire with some kind of guilt that's snuck up on her and squeezes her heart.
Was it the right decision? To leave her, to find Jamie and be with him instead? Of course none of it matters now because Bree is on her way to them, but nevertheless. She pulls back only to cradle her daughter's face. ]
It was so incredibly difficult to leave you, Brianna. I've thought about it every day since then, whether or not it was the right choice. I don't know if it was or not. But I do know that everything you hoped would come out of it did happen. He still loves me, just as you said he would. It was all confusing and frustrating sometimes, but for each of us, being together again started our hearts again. And we will always have you to thank for that. Our daughter.
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I lost daddy. And then I lost you, too. Even though I knew where you were, in 1968 you'd already been dead for 200 years. I don't know if you can claim this once you're eighteen and older but I was an orphan. And I wanted to be brave for you but it was hard. It was so hard.
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Was it the right decision? To leave her, to find Jamie and be with him instead? Of course none of it matters now because Bree is on her way to them, but nevertheless. She pulls back only to cradle her daughter's face. ]
It was so incredibly difficult to leave you, Brianna. I've thought about it every day since then, whether or not it was the right choice. I don't know if it was or not. But I do know that everything you hoped would come out of it did happen. He still loves me, just as you said he would. It was all confusing and frustrating sometimes, but for each of us, being together again started our hearts again. And we will always have you to thank for that. Our daughter.
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This is the best birthday I've had in a while. I never thought I'd see you for another one.
[ Which makes this one that much more important. ]
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[ Claire's voice may or may not be muffled in Bree's hair as she holds onto her tightly. ]
But you will. When you make it to North Carolina. My sweet girl.