[There seems to be a lot of certainty in that text for someone who put him in the hospital and said horrible things to him. She doesn't really know if that's what he needs, but she knows how it feels to be surrounded by the rest of them with glares aimed directly at you and just waiting for the shouting to start. She'd want space, too.]
I think this is the first time you've mentioned Patrick and
[She hits send before she can write Claire's name, and now it just feels far too emphatic to send another text with just the name of the niece she'll never meet. Thin ice, and frightening, when she's so carefully avoided this since that argument before the funeral.]
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[There seems to be a lot of certainty in that text for someone who put him in the hospital and said horrible things to him. She doesn't really know if that's what he needs, but she knows how it feels to be surrounded by the rest of them with glares aimed directly at you and just waiting for the shouting to start. She'd want space, too.]
I think this is the first time you've mentioned Patrick and
[She hits send before she can write Claire's name, and now it just feels far too emphatic to send another text with just the name of the niece she'll never meet. Thin ice, and frightening, when she's so carefully avoided this since that argument before the funeral.]