[Charles listens. And tries to wrap his mind around the explanation. And tries. And tries.
He tries to keep his voice level, to say his piece without sounding angry, even though it's almost startling to realize how selfish she sounds, even if he does understand where it's coming from. He's been trying to give her more of a chance than he had when she'd first arrived and he'd found out about what she'd done, but he couldn't forget why she was here, no matter how much he might want to.
Still. He was hoping she'd made more progress than this.]
Do you honestly not see how selfish and potentially dangerous that was? I understand why it's difficult for you to trust the motives of people who say they care about you, but that's not an excuse to put them at risk just to prove that they're telling the truth.
Erik cares about you, and unless there's something I'm not aware of, he already knows the worst things you've done, and he cares about you even after hearing about them. If you'd explained it, he might even have let you initiate contact safely. It's not fair to him - someone who legitimately wants the best for you, even when it would have been easy to just walk away from the entire situation - and I wish you could see that.
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He tries to keep his voice level, to say his piece without sounding angry, even though it's almost startling to realize how selfish she sounds, even if he does understand where it's coming from. He's been trying to give her more of a chance than he had when she'd first arrived and he'd found out about what she'd done, but he couldn't forget why she was here, no matter how much he might want to.
Still. He was hoping she'd made more progress than this.]
Do you honestly not see how selfish and potentially dangerous that was? I understand why it's difficult for you to trust the motives of people who say they care about you, but that's not an excuse to put them at risk just to prove that they're telling the truth.
Erik cares about you, and unless there's something I'm not aware of, he already knows the worst things you've done, and he cares about you even after hearing about them. If you'd explained it, he might even have let you initiate contact safely. It's not fair to him - someone who legitimately wants the best for you, even when it would have been easy to just walk away from the entire situation - and I wish you could see that.