“I just can’t get a straight answer out of any of you!” Roger exclaimed, not even knowing how to begin to understand what Adam had just said. He turned his gaze to Pippin.
“So that’s how it is, huh, Pip? I and all of your friends at Uni, we were just, what, a vacation from your crazy life with Adam and the circus freaks? Did you wake up one morning and think, ‘Hey, for a lark, why don’t I go off to school in London and make some friends and have a boyfriend for a year, just to see how normal people live’? Oh, and while I’m at it maybe I’ll get pregnant and then kill the baby.
He regretted the words as soon as they left his mouth. He was feeling angry and hurt and defensive and he wanted to say something hurtful, but that… that wasn’t something you said in front of other people, and he’d wanted to talk to her about it but he’d never intended it to sound like that… he’d wanted to be understanding…
“Oh Jesus,” he said softly, taking a step toward her. “Pip, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean…”
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“So that’s how it is, huh, Pip? I and all of your friends at Uni, we were just, what, a vacation from your crazy life with Adam and the circus freaks? Did you wake up one morning and think, ‘Hey, for a lark, why don’t I go off to school in London and make some friends and have a boyfriend for a year, just to see how normal people live’? Oh, and while I’m at it maybe I’ll get pregnant and then kill the baby.
He regretted the words as soon as they left his mouth. He was feeling angry and hurt and defensive and he wanted to say something hurtful, but that… that wasn’t something you said in front of other people, and he’d wanted to talk to her about it but he’d never intended it to sound like that… he’d wanted to be understanding…
“Oh Jesus,” he said softly, taking a step toward her. “Pip, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean…”