Re: Rose and Bryn
She felt warmth and love from the simple statement. "It means a lot to you say that," she replied, pleased that he still cared about her despite everything she had done so far.
When he told her not to worry, Rose glanced at her hands quickly before looking back at him. "But I will worry about it. I don't want you to think that I did those things that make you miserable on purpose," she said. "And I know I've made you miserable at times and I really hate myself for having done that and I'm sorry. So terribly sorry. I never wanted that; I just wanted to make you happy."
Her voice cracked at the end and Rose took a deep breath. I am not going to cry! I am not going to cry! She very much dreaded what she needed to say next. There was another glance down at her hands before she braced herself enough to say what she had to say.
"In order for me to get the help I need, I think I need to be home for a while. To be around familiar surroundings," she said. "I think this because I'm afraid that if I stay here with you, I'll fall back into thinking about you and us and not on me and we'll continue to fight and things will get worse and we'll end up hating each other."
Her eyes filled with tears slowly. "You and your happiness mean more to me than my own life and you should have a wife who is happy and well enough to care for you and love you the way you deserve. I still want to be that woman if...you can wait for me and if not...I'll...accept that."