New Orleans is ruined, it will never be what it was again. I shed tears when I think about it. It seems hopeless.

New Orleans is ruined, it will never be what it was again, ... I shed tears when I think about it. It seems hopeless.

But he knew instinctively what he suggested was impossible. She'd been through so much, and held her tears back for so long, that Royce doubted that anything could force her to shed them.

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.

An answering smile drifted across his tanned face. "What is mine, I intend to
keep.

It was emotional in the beginning (and) a few tears were shed. We knew ... this isn't the end of the road for us. We treated it like we had to come out and make sure we won on Senior Night but we've got to keep going from here.