Bill/Twelve [A number of hours later. She had been asleep.]
It's not selfish to take a moment to yourself to process. You can't help everyone all the time. You didn't even have to tell me details just then. All you had to do was keep your promise to me. I don't know how to properly explain to you how much that hurt only to tell you... I tease you with 'granddad' but you're the closest thing I've ever had to a father. Do you understand?