If it was anyone else, Leia would have thought that things like "understand" and "so sorry" were platitudes and nothing more than that. But with Amilyn, she knew that the other woman did and had and hopefully always would. For as long as there was them, before the other woman was lost to her.

Leia didn't think she could take any more losses.

Holding onto her best friend's hand she just looked down at it for a long time before she sighed softly. "I hated to lie to you, Amilyn. I hated to lie about this and Ben... But I thought that it would be safer for everyone, including him, if I did it this way."