Maybe not, but I sure feel a lot of guilt about it. I shouldn't, I tried and feel like I didn't do enough because he kept me at arm's length for my own good. But I saw it every time I had to patch him up and I couldn't say anything about it.

[ and it didn't just stop with Matt. she got to see it with jessica and there was some small worry at the back of her head that eventually she would see it with Luke, too, but it hadn't happened yet.

claire was strong enough to decide when to stop something she got no gain from anymore and she wasn't going to go through the same thing she did with matt again.

taking a deep breath she keeps her eyes on frank and shakes her head. ]

I don't want to just be the nurse who patches you up after a bad night or be lumped in as someone who needs protecting because I can do that on my own and have managed pretty good so far.

[ honestly, she has no idea if any of this is being heard. time will tell.]

I don't want anyone telling me what I want to hear or told something simply because it will please me. That's why I walked away from you yesterday. It was too familiar.