"ɪᴛ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ-" sʜᴇ ᴡʜɪsᴘᴇʀs ᴀs ɪ ғᴇᴇʟ ʜᴇʀ sʜᴀʀᴘ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜ ɴᴇᴀʀ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ʟɪᴘs. "ᴡʜʏ?" ʜᴇ ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴᴇᴅ. sʜᴇ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴᴇᴅ sɪʟᴇɴᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴀ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ, ᴛʜᴇɴ sᴘᴏᴋᴇ; "ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡʜᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪ ᴀᴍ, ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏᴛ sᴇᴇɴ ᴀ sɪᴅᴇ ᴏғ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴅᴇsɪʀᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴡɪᴛɴᴇss. ғᴏʀ ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ғᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏʀʀᴜᴘᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍɪɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ sᴘɪʀɪᴛ. ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ sʜᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴜᴘ ᴏғ ɢʟᴀss ʜɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏɴᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴅ sᴜʀғᴀᴄᴇ. ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴀғʀᴀɪᴅ ᴏғ ʜᴜʀᴛɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ...ᴀɴᴅ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʀᴇᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ...ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇᴅ..." sʜᴇ sᴘᴏᴋᴇ. "ʟɪᴇs, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʟɪғᴇ ʙʀᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ʟɪғᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴀ ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡᴀs ᴊᴜsᴛ ʙᴇɪɴɢ sᴜʀʀᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʙʀᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴍʏsᴇʟғ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪ ᴡᴀs ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ. ɪ ɴᴇᴇᴅᴇᴅ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ, ɪ ɴᴇᴇᴅᴇᴅ ᴀ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʙʀɪɢʜᴛᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴡʜᴏ ɪ ᴡᴀs. ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ʟᴏsᴇ ʏᴏᴜ...ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪғ ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇᴅ, ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ᴀɴᴅ ғᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ..." "ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏᴏ...ʏᴏᴜ sᴛᴜᴘɪᴅ ᴛᴏᴍᴀᴛᴏ..."