[Maybe that was what he wanted, but not after her last comment. It stuck, it hit him in a place he'd thought had healed. Like any of the number of fights, he'd had with Coralee. Any of the implied accusations that he didn't love her enough, that he didn't want to be with her enough.]
Of course it was.
[He doesn't push off, doesn't walk away. Doing so would betray how deep her comment had cut him. He can't let anyone see that. Even though she has, more times than he had black tapes.]
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Of course it was.
[He doesn't push off, doesn't walk away. Doing so would betray how deep her comment had cut him. He can't let anyone see that. Even though she has, more times than he had black tapes.]