"It's not like I made a conscious or even deliberate decision that, why, yes, this week I am going to betray my wife. And if you honestly think that then maybe we should start there." Through everything, Samara had been his constant. Even from back in school, the second he had saw her, really saw her, there had been no going back. There would never be anyone else and not just because so much of his life was devoted to his research. Eli didn't want anyone else.
Even although he was the one to utter it, Eli was caught up on the word betray, not liking how he was being accused. "I'm trying to figure out what's happening, what have you been doing?" He would have eventually brought her into the plan, he just needed to know what role she would play. He might have known how to take things apart, but if this was about memory as he was starting to suspect than her training might come in handy. However, he wasn't sure they were going to broach that topic tonight, not with the tone already set.