[ Her shoulders shake a little before she forces them to still again, swallows back the fresh tears that spring to her eyes. She tries not to read too much into ‘didn’t’, but she can’t quite ignore the past tense even as she tries. ]
I-I know.
[ He’s all she has. He’s all she’d had for years, really. Sometimes she’s not even sure she’d have survived their teenage years without him, even if his existence was the cause of so many of her problems. And yet none of that stopped her making the worst mistake of her life. ]
I-I’m not— I’m not going anywhere if you don’t need me to [ not want, need ] but you— you have to make that choice. You have to let yourself make that choice. Be angry, be hurt, be— be honest.
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[ Her shoulders shake a little before she forces them to still again, swallows back the fresh tears that spring to her eyes. She tries not to read too much into ‘didn’t’, but she can’t quite ignore the past tense even as she tries. ]
I-I know.
[ He’s all she has. He’s all she’d had for years, really. Sometimes she’s not even sure she’d have survived their teenage years without him, even if his existence was the cause of so many of her problems. And yet none of that stopped her making the worst mistake of her life. ]
I-I’m not— I’m not going anywhere if you don’t need me to [ not want, need ] but you— you have to make that choice. You have to let yourself make that choice. Be angry, be hurt, be— be honest.