<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/WWwpV9U.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Delaney Clarke (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=308599.msg15011810#msg15011810)<br/><strong>Age:</strong>27<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>Pansexual<br/><strong>Hometown:</strong>Mina, Nevada<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>3 July, 2019 | A little after 6 PM<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Smoking area<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Sexy little number as pictured, sans hat and sunglasses.  (https://thumbs.gfycat.com/WarlikeMilkyCony-size_restricted.gif)Black sandals.<br/><strong>Coupled with:</strong>No one #SingleAF<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Logan | Open<br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Delaney listened in silence to everything Logan had to say. It was clear that he had her undivided attention and that she was actively listening to him rather than listening in order to formulate a response. Not that she wouldn’t have a response...but he needed to know that she was taking him seriously. She owed him that if nothing else.<br/><br/>When he was finished she sat in silence for a few moments. When he looked like he was going to walk away she spoke, and turned toward him to close the distance between them.<br/><br/>“Logan…,” she sighed and her expression softened, clearly impacted by what he had said.<br/><br/>Delaney measured her words. She wanted to get this right.<br/><br/>“Listen, it’s not that I don’t care for you. It’s not that I didn’t feel a connection at our date. Both of those are true and real.”<br/><br/>She rubbed her temples.<br/><br/>“I understand and even respect your desire to commit to Rhonda, but now that you’ve made that commitment, I have two days to find someone in this villa that’s willing to commit to me.”<br/><br/>Delaney met his eyes, trying to will him to understand. It was stressful and uncomfortable for her to have to break so abruptly from exploring their dynamic, but they both seemed to recognize the necessity.<br/><br/>“When you texted me, I was willing...even eager to see if we could work something out. And then a few hours later, Rhonda is getting flowers. It reinforced to me that at this stage ‘us’ is nonexistent and that I need to find someone else to build an ‘us’ with…I wasn’t prepared for that, and maybe I didn’t deal with it as gracefully as I should have.”<br/><br/>She took a deep breath, understanding that this part of the conversation would likely be the hardest.<br/><br/>“As for Mark, I understand that you have strong feelings about him, but I have always believed in forming my own opinions. There isn’t a single person that came out of that competition undiminished.”<br/><br/>Nothing about the competition had been calibrated to paint the Islanders in a flattering light, and most of them rose to the occasion with enthusiasm.<br/><br/>“You could be right about him. And if you are, I’ll take my lumps and own my mistake. You can even come tell me ‘I told you so’...rub my nose in shit. But I can’t afford to rule out possibilities.”<br/><br/>She reached out and, if he allowed her, placed her hand over his.<br/><br/>“I regret how this played out. I don’t bear you any ill will, and if our situations change in the future, I’m open to having this conversation again.”<br/><br/><br/><br/>