Did she hear what she was saying? He knew she wasn't stupid, but the words that left her mouth were. He should give her the benefit of the doubt; she'd likely done some work, gone to the game, and then done more work before heading out to coincidentally the same pub as him, and on top of that she'd called him Lachlan. It gave him pause, if only for a moment.
"That's exactly why it's so horrific," he said, feeling his facial muscles tighten up. Thank Merlin for thirty years of being taught not to cry; he'd be bawling if he'd been anyone else in the same situation. "I hit a woman. A married woman, mind you. She was an innocent." The words stuck with him, and all he could do was envision the state of the body. He'd been spared the image of the actual body, but the description had been... gory enough.
"That's exactly why it's so horrific," he said, feeling his facial muscles tighten up. Thank Merlin for thirty years of being taught not to cry; he'd be bawling if he'd been anyone else in the same situation. "I hit a woman. A married woman, mind you. She was an innocent." The words stuck with him, and all he could do was envision the state of the body. He'd been spared the image of the actual body, but the description had been... gory enough.
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