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“But you’re not willing to step away froe,” she said

“No, I’m not”

“And you wouldn’t want me to ask you to”

“No”

“That’s selfish,” she contended “Unfair”

“Yes”

Her gaze narrowed on hi The inherent fear of losing so It can destroy you”

He gave a slight nod “I’ve lost agents I’ve worked closely with It’s mentally destructive Soh it a bit easier than what I suffered with”

“Because I knohat it’s like—not just in theory, not just from a medical or clinical standpoint, but from a personal one?”

“Yes”

“Hmm”

She gave this further thought They were skirting the issue of as developing, personally, between them

Possibly Or perhaps all of this was so intricately entwined that acknowledging their attraction to each other and discussing her job and his job/his trauma and this so-called safe space were actually one and the same—all wrapped around each other

She had difficulty dissecting the components at the moment But offered another truth Perhaps an invaluable one

She said, “I once told Kate that if I’d known Conner?