"I'm not trying to break you," I said softly, taking a cautious step forward. "I'm trying to help you carry it. But you have to let me in. You have to stop fighting me like I'm the enemy."
"Fine? You think I think this is fine?" She took a step toward me, her bare feet silent on the cool tile. "I’m trying to keep it together. I’m trying to have one night where we don't dissect every single mistake we've ever made. But you? You can't let anything go. You hold onto things like a dog with a bone, and you just chew on them until there's nothing left but frustration." the big fight with tori black