#ask event 002

Lorelei's work as a florist is mostly with flowers, however there is a healthy amount of cards in the store that typically accompany the bouquets that go out the door. She has never received or given a Valentine's day card, all of her previous relationships were either over before the holiday, or too early days for a card to be appropriate. She does wish that one day someone would send her a card, adorned with a spritz of perfume and a mark of lipstick on the inside. That's just the romantic in her.

His worst heartbreak however was when he got divorced. It did start with some vitriolic arguments, but then it dragged on with the legal proceedings, and his soon-to-be now ex-husband was devastatingly respectful through the proceedings. Sitting opposite the person who was once the love of his life and needing to talk to each other through their respective lawyers hurt. A lot.

Sabine has probably called thousands of people a friend throughout her life, but there are very few that she would actually trust. Many people in her past have only associated themselves with her just to get something from her. Since living in Cardinal Hill though, she has actually been able to form friendships with people that want to be around her just because they want to be around her. The lesson hasn't entirely been internalised, but she's started to learn that she is actually worth more than how she can benefit other people.

Right?

Sabine's first and so far only major relationship was not always as abusive as it turned out to be. Priscilla, Sabine's abusive ex, was actually an art critic who was, according to her at the time, a very big fan of Sabine's work. They met at one of Sabine's very early, very small, and very underwhelming shows, and Priscilla was such an intimidating prescence that showed so much kindness to her. After they started dating, Priscilla started to 'help' Sabine with her artwork getting exposure. The most romantic gesture in Sabine's memory was when Priscilla organised an art exhibit for her, it wasn't that large, and didn't get much publicity before or after, but it had canapés. Seeing people walk around with plates, offering small treats to the viewers, was one of the happiest moments of her life. Sometime's she thinks back to that moment and smiles. Whenever she catches herself smiling, she can't help but feel disgusted in herself, feeling like she dosen't know better. Feeling like she would inevitably be caught into a similar situation.

Maxine has tried to reach out to Alma to talk about her love life, but Alma almost always tries to change the subject. Alma will try not to talk about relationships, or romance, or love, and especially not intimacy. She is curious though, about what it's like, and sometimes her mind starts to wander. This always leads to an extra long prayer at the end of the day.

Sabine just wants to know whether or not she has any heart left.

Leslie's job gives her the privileged position of being able to make her own hours, to an extent. Working as the curator of an archive means the only person she reports to is miles away Washington's capital, Olympia. The sensitivity of the work relating to witch craft means they don't need any sort of reporting often. So, as long as Leslie gets her work done by some deadline, she is free to do whatever she wants, whenever she wants. Despite this advantage, Leslie dosen't actually have much friends, so it wouldn't have been a problem anyway. Her co-workers are friendly however, so it's not all bad.