[It didn't help save lives. They're gone. How many people, she wonders, could he be referring to? How many were lost? How many were because of him?
Evelyn does not gape at him so much as star confusedly, feeling the subtle and quiet humiliation creeping in again. She kissed him and, in a desperate bid to vacate the premises instead of facing him, was dragged into a conversation that Sam was clearly of one mind about despite his claims of ambivalence.]
...it's not worth it to you.
[I'm not worth it to you.]
I see.
[Stiffening, jaw tight and back straight - although laughably small compared to the man in front of her even at full height - Evelyn nods and her gaze jumps away from his, incapable of making eye contact when the predominant emotions are anger and embarrassment.]
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Evelyn does not gape at him so much as star confusedly, feeling the subtle and quiet humiliation creeping in again. She kissed him and, in a desperate bid to vacate the premises instead of facing him, was dragged into a conversation that Sam was clearly of one mind about despite his claims of ambivalence.]
...it's not worth it to you.
[I'm not worth it to you.]
I see.
[Stiffening, jaw tight and back straight - although laughably small compared to the man in front of her even at full height - Evelyn nods and her gaze jumps away from his, incapable of making eye contact when the predominant emotions are anger and embarrassment.]
I'll...go.