Cleo felt horrible for Becky and what she'd had to go through. She felt just as bad for Colin. It was all just a big mess and it made her sick to her stomach to think about it all. She didn't really want to think about it if she could help it really. Not that it was easy to push it out of her mind.
She agreed with his words about not telling Becky. While she didn't want to keep things from her either, she wasn't about to make things worse if she didn't have to. Besides, she wasn't going anywhere. Colin was hers and she'd be damned if she walked away from that for any reason.
"It's difficult. It's a lot to handle, I'll admit that, but I care about him. I told him when I first met him that he was just making things worse on himself. If it had to be someone, I'm glad it was me." she murmured, nodding a little at her own words. "Colin is a wonderful guy and he's all I've ever wanted in my life." she told the Irishman. "I'm falling for him, maybe not as fast and not as utterly mindblowingly as he's fallen for me, but I want to be with him. I don't feel stuck."
She took another sip of her milk and let out a little sigh. "He's just as much my family now as anyone else. So is she, whether she realizes it or not."