daphne is not who you think (greenmum) wrote in afic,
It was the sudden clatter of the utensil that had Daphne's eyes shooting up and in one fell swoop she was reaching out and clutching his fingers. Damn be her propriety in this instant, she wasn't about to have Blaise blame himself that was equally (if not more so) her own fault. "No, Blaise. You cannot take the blame on to yourself, I made the decision to come with you, I allowed everything to pass. It was my role to agree or disagree, and it is my folly that brought me to this point.
"I brought it on myself and he failed to believe my explanation. The worst that you can be blamed for is that you were the start, the end is released from your conscious." And she meant it, even as her body was tight and tense with the depression, she would not have Blaise taking the blame for something she knew would have come to pass regardless.
At first she had tried to blame him, but time had made her realize: Blaise could not effect the words and opinions felt by her and Dean. Eventually, be it in a week, month, or years another man was going to come into Daphne's life that she would have treated as a good friend and it would have been perceived incorrectly. There was too much mistrust between them, it made her ill, but it was how it was; this way their son did not have to watch the fight between his parents, it would just be for him.
The thought made her ill and Daphne's jaw tightened and she shook her head. "I will be alright love, I promise." Her hand squeezed his lightly before she let go, returning her focus back on her tea.