I told you you’d come", said a nearby voice, one Isobel knew well. "You said you would."
(…)
"You shouldn’t have, though", he said, and looked up, his face twisted with anger. "Even if we knew you would, you shouldn’t have." He got up and began moving toward her.
"Why", he growled, "when we will only show you we are not worth it? Why, when we have no other choice but to prove to you we’re not worth it?
— Kelly Creagh
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