"I think it rather is," he admitted. "I'm sorry, this must be awful to walk into but I feel as though I owe you more honesty than I've given you. You deserve that."
Greta had been nothing but wonderful, and she did not deserve deception, even if it was deception by omission.
"Darrow can be a strange and... cruel place. In my first year here, people had their deepest, darkest secrets appear on their back for all to see. And-- I would rather you find out from me than through some trick of Darrow or, god forbid, someone I know arriving here."
He didn't think Edith would have ever done anything to hurt his chances at love, but the only other people in his life would. Lucille, McMichaels-- it didn't bear thinking about the damage they could do, if they chose to.
The kettle whistled and Thomas softly excused himself to the kitchen so that he could fill a teapot and set it to steeping. He brought the tea, two mugs, and all the proper fixings for tea to the table. There was already a bottle of gin and two glasses there, should Greta decide that she needed something stronger.
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Date: 2018-03-10 09:45 pm (UTC)Greta had been nothing but wonderful, and she did not deserve deception, even if it was deception by omission.
"Darrow can be a strange and... cruel place. In my first year here, people had their deepest, darkest secrets appear on their back for all to see. And-- I would rather you find out from me than through some trick of Darrow or, god forbid, someone I know arriving here."
He didn't think Edith would have ever done anything to hurt his chances at love, but the only other people in his life would. Lucille, McMichaels-- it didn't bear thinking about the damage they could do, if they chose to.
The kettle whistled and Thomas softly excused himself to the kitchen so that he could fill a teapot and set it to steeping. He brought the tea, two mugs, and all the proper fixings for tea to the table. There was already a bottle of gin and two glasses there, should Greta decide that she needed something stronger.