“It’s not my business?” Roger couldn’t believe it. “How is you leaving me without any warning at all not my business? Am I supposed to just nod and smile and let you go without a word like I don’t care about losing you?”
And then she started getting nasty, talking about his home life like he just couldn’t understand what it was like to love one’s family and friends just because his father didn’t have a job and his mum had left them all those years ago for a home-appliance salesman. He did in fact like going home and seeing Jeanie and his father and that wasn’t the point…
“All this from a girl who hated to talk about her family and friends back home and who never let me ask about it,” he said instead, fury in his voice though he kept it low, not wanting to cause a scene. “And I didn’t press you, did I Pip? I never once made you talk about Tadfield or your crazy mother or that Adam Young boy who I know has something to do with this, because that was what you wanted, and I wanted to be understanding, and I told you all about my family because I thought you knew, and that you’d understand...”
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And then she started getting nasty, talking about his home life like he just couldn’t understand what it was like to love one’s family and friends just because his father didn’t have a job and his mum had left them all those years ago for a home-appliance salesman. He did in fact like going home and seeing Jeanie and his father and that wasn’t the point…
“All this from a girl who hated to talk about her family and friends back home and who never let me ask about it,” he said instead, fury in his voice though he kept it low, not wanting to cause a scene. “And I didn’t press you, did I Pip? I never once made you talk about Tadfield or your crazy mother or that Adam Young boy who I know has something to do with this, because that was what you wanted, and I wanted to be understanding, and I told you all about my family because I thought you knew, and that you’d understand...”