[It's hard to remember he's the worst of them with the night they've shared so fresh in her memory. She wants to be greedy and risk it all and stay right where she is, right now, but her brain reminds her heart that she could lose everything, permanently, if she's not careful. Best she leave for now and come back when Tommy deems it safe.

She watches him, not reading his thoughts, but voicing her own question. It just happens to align.]

And what happens when I come back?

[Whenever that may be.]

My room's paid up for the next two months.

[There she was, wrestling more money out of him for a pretty dress when she's had enough for a proper gown all along. It'd be funny if she wasn't concerned, brow creasing as she speaks.]

I hope to be back sooner, but I need to know the risk is worth it, Tommy. Will you be here?

[She knows he has enough sense to know that she doesn't mean physically. Birmingham is his home. She can't imagine him anywhere else. But even a month away is a longer span of time than they've even known one another. Tommy hadn't wanted anyone until her, but she's asking for fidelity when he's only known the truth of her for the blink of an eye.]