[She can't help it; it's shocking, disgusting, cruel. It sounds like every person who's ever broken her trust.]
[Letting her hand rest on top of Elena's, she shakes her head.]
God. I'm . . . so sorry, Elena.
[It'd be a lie to say she doesn't understand how anyone could be like that; of course she does. Desperation makes people do crazy, dangerous things. But they shouldn't. Not to Elena, she thinks selfishly; not to somebody so important.]
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[She can't help it; it's shocking, disgusting, cruel. It sounds like every person who's ever broken her trust.]
[Letting her hand rest on top of Elena's, she shakes her head.]
God. I'm . . . so sorry, Elena.
[It'd be a lie to say she doesn't understand how anyone could be like that; of course she does. Desperation makes people do crazy, dangerous things. But they shouldn't. Not to Elena, she thinks selfishly; not to somebody so important.]