[Claire looks a little bashful, glancing down at the ring on her hand.]
It wasn't that quick. I didn't love him until after we were married. I couldn't tell you when exactly it happened. [But she has a vivid memory of sitting in the dark with Geillis. She had asked her then if she loved him, and Claire didn't answer. She did. She did love Jamie, and she felt awful for it because of Frank. It wasn't fair to any of them.]
He said he loved me the moment he saw me. I don't know how true that is, but I do know he felt more strongly for me at first. Of course, he didn't have all the complications I did. It was easier, for Jamie. But... he's a loving man, in general.
[That couldn't have changed. But she does hope some things have changed over the past two decades.]
I'd hope I won't be sewing him back together. He's no longer a young man.
[She's done more complex surgeries over the years, but that surgery on his hand will forever be the toughest she's done, simply because it was on the man she loved more than anything. Maybe those scars have faded, or maybe they've been replaced by others. But that's a story for Jamie to share with Bree, not Claire.]
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It wasn't that quick. I didn't love him until after we were married. I couldn't tell you when exactly it happened. [But she has a vivid memory of sitting in the dark with Geillis. She had asked her then if she loved him, and Claire didn't answer. She did. She did love Jamie, and she felt awful for it because of Frank. It wasn't fair to any of them.]
He said he loved me the moment he saw me. I don't know how true that is, but I do know he felt more strongly for me at first. Of course, he didn't have all the complications I did. It was easier, for Jamie. But... he's a loving man, in general.
[That couldn't have changed. But she does hope some things have changed over the past two decades.]
I'd hope I won't be sewing him back together. He's no longer a young man.
[She's done more complex surgeries over the years, but that surgery on his hand will forever be the toughest she's done, simply because it was on the man she loved more than anything. Maybe those scars have faded, or maybe they've been replaced by others. But that's a story for Jamie to share with Bree, not Claire.]