[There is a tired part of her that wants to laugh at that. To downright cackle at the irony of it. That had been her entire life. She finally speaks her feelings... and in a span of 24 hours whatever life she has here implodes on itself... One man driven to sexually claim her in a fit of jealousy before fleeing from her for the shame of it... and now the other fleeing for his fear of attachments. Oh, he could say whatever he wanted for an explanation--but with the bomb she just dropped in his lap she knew the truth. She wasn't stupid.]
[She keeps herself from squeezing his hand back. He knew the truth now, so she could not take liberties anymore, however small they were. She would have to build her walls back up after having let them down so far for him. 'It's good to say how you feel'. What a joke... the only way she had survived to adulthood and kept her family afloat had been by locking everything away... In the end it wouldn't be any different here...]
Aa...
[She nods in response, still keeping her eyes closed... and her fingers slack.]
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[She keeps herself from squeezing his hand back. He knew the truth now, so she could not take liberties anymore, however small they were. She would have to build her walls back up after having let them down so far for him. 'It's good to say how you feel'. What a joke... the only way she had survived to adulthood and kept her family afloat had been by locking everything away... In the end it wouldn't be any different here...]
Aa...
[She nods in response, still keeping her eyes closed... and her fingers slack.]