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Every single one of us has something buried; a moment or moments of which we're not proud. Moments that we have to learn to live with, else they destroy us.
I'm not proud of what I did to Adam. While not particularly physically painful, being able to see and hear everything that's going on around you without being able to react to it is surely some kind of mental torture. And eventually, people will start to ask questions. It is, after all, possible to keep a locked-in patient alive for the term of their natural life. His immortality will be revealed.
My revenge for what he did to Abigail. For what's he's done to me.
And protection, for me and the people I love most in this world. For while Adam swore that he would not harm Abraham, I know without a doubt that he would come after Jo.
Ah, Jo. After Abigail, I never expected to care for someone that way again. To fall in love again. But it's happened, and what's more, it's with someone who spends her days unravelling mysteries.
I don't wish to leave this life that I've built. Abe, Jo, the store, the OCME, even Detective Hansen and Lucas. If I stay, Jo will find out my secret. Abe is encouraging me to tell her, and at times I think he's right. Better to tell her than let her discover my immortality for herself. Better to tell her and risk losing her than to continue to try and conceal my secret, and drive her away.
Hiding it has already damaged our relationship.
I suppose that in the end, what it comes down to is this. Am I ready to let her in? To move on, finally, from Abigail?
I'm not certain. But I do know I'd like to try.