[ A year ago, she could have heard this story unfold and Kate never would have made the link to what Richie was trying to say but the dots connect, the picture revealed one that has her heart in her throat, an ever-growing ache in her chest.]
So you stopped him. [Her voice quiet, no trace of judgment to be found were he to look for it. How can she judge when she can't even begin to understand how bad it must have been when somebody feels like that's their only choice.]
You saved Seth. [ Because that was what this was to her, saving his brother as opposed to killing his father. She'd seen the lengths the brothers would go to for each other. It was something she'd admired in them. Maybe if she'd ever had that kind of devotion to Scott, they wouldn't be where they are now.]
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So you stopped him. [Her voice quiet, no trace of judgment to be found were he to look for it. How can she judge when she can't even begin to understand how bad it must have been when somebody feels like that's their only choice.]
You saved Seth. [ Because that was what this was to her, saving his brother as opposed to killing his father. She'd seen the lengths the brothers would go to for each other. It was something she'd admired in them. Maybe if she'd ever had that kind of devotion to Scott, they wouldn't be where they are now.]