"I know, Oakley. I Know." And here, she took his hand and squeezed them lightly while peering up into his eyes. "And I wish I never had to have those men. Often times I have to pretend they're you, or else I'd go crazy. But by Ansgar's name, Oakley.... if only we were to live in another life."
Now the tears were streaming down her face uncontrollably as she tried to ignore them. "I know it's not fair to be angry with you for so much. You're about as much as a prisoner of your life as I am with mine. But... it does not mean it still does not hurt. And I can only ever imagine how you felt like all of those years, knowing what I had to do, every day just to pay the bills."
And now there were too many tears for her to even see him as she turned away and trie dto brush them off on her sleeve.
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And Jinai tried to follow after him, but she was so high on opiates, she tripped over the bushes and landed within them- laughing like a hyena-
and people were beginnign to stare.