I'm not punishing you or him. I'm trying to get some space and think.

...It doesn't matter what his intention was. Good intentions can still cause hurt. Sometimes there's no coming back from it. I won't know if this is one of those times for a while, but I sure don't need his side of things spelled out for me, because I had no doubt he didn't intend to hurt me. I only need to decide whether that matters enough.

But hey, now at least I know where you'll be at if I decide I'm done. I'll have to live with being a disappointment, but I'm damn well going to do it somewhere else for a little while.

[ She resumes walking. ]