Later, Fallon would ask just how Malou knew Jesse had stayed the night. It wasn't as though the two were such good friends that Jesse would inform Malou before Fallon could. (Relaying the details to her best friend was Fallon's foremost priority this morning, anyway, but she would be truly stunned if Jesse had gotten there first.) "I couldn't think on it anymore," Fallon said as an useless explanation before taking several large gulps of her coffee.
"I had to apologize to him for kissing Lachlan. And for my feelings and this whole bloody disaster. And he understood, or said he did at least." Fallpn certainly wouldn't have understood if she learned Jesse kissed another woman, but that was just yet another reason why he was better than she. Why he deserved better than her, even if she was too selfish to allow that. "He was going to end things, Malou. Bow out, he said. And I couldn't let him leave. I just. I couldn't. One minute I was convinced it was Lachlan, and the next the obvious choice was Jesse."
"I had to apologize to him for kissing Lachlan. And for my feelings and this whole bloody disaster. And he understood, or said he did at least." Fallpn certainly wouldn't have understood if she learned Jesse kissed another woman, but that was just yet another reason why he was better than she. Why he deserved better than her, even if she was too selfish to allow that. "He was going to end things, Malou. Bow out, he said. And I couldn't let him leave. I just. I couldn't. One minute I was convinced it was Lachlan, and the next the obvious choice was Jesse."