[ Her peripheral catches his surprise, and she feels a bigger drop of her heart into her stomach. Is it really so surprising that she has family? Or that she'll talk about them when asked?
...no, it's not fair to feel bad about that. Not when she closes herself off to avoid this exact kind of emotional punch. ]
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...no, it's not fair to feel bad about that. Not when she closes herself off to avoid this exact kind of emotional punch. ]
I don't know. I never met her.