She'd been happy with Max. She was happy with Max. She didn't want to leave any more than she wanted him to leave. She didn't want him to try to find happiness with someone else, but she knew that was selfish thing to think. It wasn't fair of her to force him to be somewhere he didn't want to be just because she probably could have.
The way he closed his eyes and wouldn't look at her made her heart hurt, but it was his words that truly drilled down to her core. "I won't leave," she told him. "Are you attracted to men, Max?" she asked, hoping that maybe a direct question would somehow make the situation easier to handle. If he didn't have to say anything more than a yes or a no, maybe then it would be easier for him.