However much is enough, right? I'm not saying this is a small part of my life--
[fresh tears fill her eyes]
--and I'm not saying that - that it's not important to me. But I won't be happy if my actions hurt the people I care about. I can't live with myself like that. I've been single for most of my life--
[she feels a sob try to work its way out of her throat; manifests it as a laugh. her lungs squeeze painfully and she has to drop her eyes again for a moment before she meets his own whiskey-shot gaze. She does love his eyes.]
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However much is enough, right? I'm not saying this is a small part of my life--
[fresh tears fill her eyes]
--and I'm not saying that - that it's not important to me. But I won't be happy if my actions hurt the people I care about. I can't live with myself like that. I've been single for most of my life--
[she feels a sob try to work its way out of her throat; manifests it as a laugh. her lungs squeeze painfully and she has to drop her eyes again for a moment before she meets his own whiskey-shot gaze. She does love his eyes.]
--I can handle it a little longer.