Ben had known this would come back to being his fault again, despite his attempts to head that off. He'd handled everything wrong and given all the wrong answers, and therefore she'd run back to her fiance for guidance. It was all his fault, except it wasn't as though there was a manual for what to do when one's wife, with mountains of baggage, lost all her memories. He'd been doing the best he could. He'd made the choices he thought were best for her, and he'd been penalized for it, because now she'd hold it against him forever.
"I've never been good enough for you," he said, pouring again. His tone was blank; not an accusation, but a statement of fact. There were dozens of ways to measure to merit of a man, and Ben fell short of the marks she'd set on all of them. He wasn't rich and powerful, like her fiance was. He never knew what she wanted to hear when they were fighting. His best effort had never even come close to making her happy. Nora had done in minutes what Ben couldn't manage in years — and even that hadn't lasted.
"I've never been good enough for you," he said, pouring again. His tone was blank; not an accusation, but a statement of fact. There were dozens of ways to measure to merit of a man, and Ben fell short of the marks she'd set on all of them. He wasn't rich and powerful, like her fiance was. He never knew what she wanted to hear when they were fighting. His best effort had never even come close to making her happy. Nora had done in minutes what Ben couldn't manage in years — and even that hadn't lasted.
MJ made this <3