#fe4rs

it isn't his fault and he certainly does not deserve to be punished for jill's displeasure with her current situation but it does not make anything easier . she feels trapped , like no one trusts her or that her life was completely ruined --- disjointed now because she made one stupid decision she could never bring herself to regret . " do you share all your life secrets with every partner you've had ? " her pushback is failing , crumbling apart in her hands and she supposed she had to make peace with that . losing him meant she was back to going stir crazy in her apartment . " i don't know what else we need to go over , four . or what you wouldn't have read in my file . " her feelings , his exact point . how she feels like the guilt of the world is on her or that she'll turn on everyone or worse that she is some kind of monster the people in the labs looked at her to be . none of it is an easy pill to swallow .

"t-thank you," she murmured. and god, just those two words took almost all of her energy to say. "d-do... do you know, uhm, how long i have to... s-stay here?"

"Don't be so hard on Aetos. He's trying at any rate." Okay, so they all greatly disliked Dain Aetos, didn't they? Granted, he was trying to be better, but still ... Xaden was glad that he wasn't the only one who seemed to feel this way. "What did he do this time to get under your skin eh, Four?" Wrapping his arms across his chest, the wingleader leaned against the nearby wall as he waited for a response.