"If nothing else, you are still a close friend and that will never change."

Though it's not as sharp as in the past, she still feels Erin's pain, but it won't sway her. She needs to be her own person again and even if it hurts, Valdis knows that Erin understands and would support her if she were able to voice it.

"Perhaps not as many as you think, but I was lucky that I found Ylva when I did. It helped."