I understand this was your logic. [ Misguided though it was. ] But it does not change the fact that you utilized your power on me in a way that crossed a boundary. I never minded you using it to put me on my knees or to display your dominance. But when you forced me to change my attitude, that went too far.

I still believe in you even so. And what I fail to understand is why you have suddenly stopped believing in me much the same. Why are you treating this as though it was something I did? I did not make Cassidy the waste of life he is. Yet even so, you are allowing his opinions to poison your thoughts when I have spent many more months by your side.