[She'd been realizing that, slowly, and a flush comes at once to her face when he says that. She's the last person he wants comforting him. That's all she wants to do now, and he...didn't even want her to come in the first place. He hadn't been telling her to rest because he was concerned about her.
She lets go of his hands, unable to look him in the eye.]
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, I'll never do it again.
[She's blinking quickly, but she's not going to cry because she hates it when people act like someone else's pain is really about them. How many people had wailed at the wake about how they didn't know what they would do without her mother?]
action;
She lets go of his hands, unable to look him in the eye.]
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, I'll never do it again.
[She's blinking quickly, but she's not going to cry because she hates it when people act like someone else's pain is really about them. How many people had wailed at the wake about how they didn't know what they would do without her mother?]