[ Because clinging to basic human kindness after fifteen years of being treated like a living weapon might say something about her that she isn't willing to confront, and he's a person, not— not an endless compassion dispenser. Because the fact of her world mean she struggles to put down that last razor edge of suspicion.
The idea that sometimes she lies awake at night and wonders if she feels like this because she just does or because he—
And she knows that line of thought is incredibly unfair. It's unkind, disrespectful.
no subject
The idea that sometimes she lies awake at night and wonders if she feels like this because she just does or because he—
And she knows that line of thought is incredibly unfair. It's unkind, disrespectful.
But all she says, here and now, is, ]
Not good enough.