I should be the one apologizing. I'm so sorry you were [are, have been, might forever be] so frightened. I should have been here.
[He's no child but there's no denying the pool of guilt in her belly. She's felt it before. So many times she wasn't there for Brianna, too busy at the hospital, unable to hand off her patients to anyone else or unable to step away because she was a woman in a man's field and couldn't afford it. It had almost been fatal when a frustrated babysitter left Bree unattended when Claire was (once more) late. She'd been struck by a car searching for her mother. Where were you?
A few bumps and scrapes were enough for Claire to consider leaving her career behind. Seeing Theon, seeing Reek, is almost enough to make her want to say to hell with everyone else and stay with him.]
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[He's no child but there's no denying the pool of guilt in her belly. She's felt it before. So many times she wasn't there for Brianna, too busy at the hospital, unable to hand off her patients to anyone else or unable to step away because she was a woman in a man's field and couldn't afford it. It had almost been fatal when a frustrated babysitter left Bree unattended when Claire was (once more) late. She'd been struck by a car searching for her mother. Where were you?
A few bumps and scrapes were enough for Claire to consider leaving her career behind. Seeing Theon, seeing Reek, is almost enough to make her want to say to hell with everyone else and stay with him.]
I'm sorry.