"I choose love!" Jan answered without hesitation.
Her expression was full of urgency, even anger, and she shouted loudly, "Both of you, listen to me carefully! It's not difficult to choose between friendship and love, I think you're avoiding it. How rare it is to meet someone you truly like in this vast sea of people, especially to be able to love each other. How many people spend their lives without finding that, you're so lucky!..."
Jan suddenly tightened her grip on Mabel Doyle's hand, her voice steady and piercing through, "Yes, anyone facing such a thing might blame themselves, stuck between a dilemma. But three years have passed, and being separated for three years is a price paid, if that's a punishment, it's more than enough! Why hold on? Why continue torturing each other!?"
