[It's tempting to just leave it at that. They're both nervous and uncomfortable talking about this. But...]
[Still, he hesitates before continuing. His voice is strained; like her, it isn't with anger. He doesn't want to admit that he'd been scared, but he doesn't see how he can get around that.]
Because if it's going to get you to drag her out and make me...confront her like that, I at least want to know why.
[He hadn't been prepared for it, at all. They have very different ways of coping with their mothers.]
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[It's tempting to just leave it at that. They're both nervous and uncomfortable talking about this. But...]
[Still, he hesitates before continuing. His voice is strained; like her, it isn't with anger. He doesn't want to admit that he'd been scared, but he doesn't see how he can get around that.]
Because if it's going to get you to drag her out and make me...confront her like that, I at least want to know why.
[He hadn't been prepared for it, at all. They have very different ways of coping with their mothers.]