The Elliot sisters chat room
Manuela : Hurry, they’ll be here any minute.
Eden : I’m not coming. I can’t. It’s too much.
Faith : You don’t have to come down, you can stay up in your room. We’ll be there. They are only coming to meet Dad anyway.
Eden : No, wait, I’m coming after all, just give me a second.
Manuela : I’m nervous too, guys, but I’m sure we’ll all feel better once we’re together in the same room. Is his mom coming too?
Faith : Yeah, and his brother. Isaiah texted me and I forwarded it to the chat, did you not see it?
Eden : I’m not coming.
Manuela : Oh, Eden… I hate that you’re under so much pressure. What can I do? Tell us what’s going through your head now.
Eden : Enough love.
Manuela : What’s enough love?
Eden : A new song I wrote for Isaiah. We wrote it together. Top secret, by the way, don’t let word get out until he releases it.
Faith : That goes without saying.
Manuela : What is enough love, En?
Eden : Just… Maybe not the regular kind of love—the kind people with families and loving parents grow up with. Not perfect love like the two of you had. But enough love to survive on. To get yo u through. Like the love Isaiah got from his dad, before he died. Isaiah was fatherless at 16, but he had gotten enough love already. And it lasted. It was enough love to help him grow into an amazing human being.
Manuela : You are an amazing human being, En.
Eden : Can you imagine being loved like that? Loved by an entire family? I can’t even fathom so much love existing in the world, let alone there being enough to go around for everyone.
Faith : Breaking my heart, En.
Eden : I wasn’t going to write these things to you.
Faith : I’m glad you did. That’s not what I meant, you know that, don’t you?
Eden : I know. I’m sorry. You guys… you and Dad have given me enough love to last for a thousand lifetimes. When I wrote Enough Love , I was thinking of Isaiah, but I was thinking of you too. In the end, I got too much love, one would say.
Manu : But you’re wondering if it came too late, aren’t you En? Because you spent all your childhood and girlhood without…
Eden : Without it. Without enough love. I’m not scared to say it, it’s the truth. But what if I can’t be loved now? What if I am never able to truly love? What if it’s too late to get enough love?
Eden : I’m sorry.
Eden : I’m not coming.
Manuela : That is absolutely ok.
Faith : That is absolutely NOT ok.
Faith : I’ll never be ok with you feeling like that, En. You don’t have to come down, obviously, but that’s not the point.
Faith : Do you want me to come up to your room? I have donuts.
Eden : Maybe later. Thanks, Fee, for understanding .
Faith : We’re both downstairs. Whatever you need, you let us know.
Manuela : Dad is looking dapper. Should I stop him from wearing his tux? Hold on, sending you a pic.
Eden : Wait, he’s wearing WHAT?
Eden : Ok, I’m coming down. I need to see that in person.
Eden : I’m not coming.
Eden : No, wait, I am.