[ His words make her chest ache, and she believes him, she doesn't doubt him, and yet: ]
There's so much you wouldn't have had to go through if your name hadn't been tattooed on my back.
[ Mayfair would still be alive, for starters. Countless people at the field office. Patterson would never have been tortured by Shepherd. Sometimes, it feels like all she does is bring terrible things to the people around her. If she can keep that from happening with her daughter then she will. ]
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There's so much you wouldn't have had to go through if your name hadn't been tattooed on my back.
[ Mayfair would still be alive, for starters. Countless people at the field office. Patterson would never have been tortured by Shepherd. Sometimes, it feels like all she does is bring terrible things to the people around her. If she can keep that from happening with her daughter then she will. ]