Linsey & TJ: "You Never Could Cope..."

Linsey knew she should probably stop, but she couldn’t now. If he wanted her to be honest then she’d lay it all out there.

“You never could cope, could you? No, you were the one who stood by and let that best friend of yours do whatever he wanted. You let him make everyone miserable. If there’s anyone to blame for all the shit he did, it would be you. That makes you just as bad as him then, doesn’t it?”

 She was ripping into him now.

“Hold it right there,” he raised his voice again. “Don’t even! You have no idea, no right. You don’t know what it was like.”

“Oh, I don’t know what it was like? Have you ever had someone tell you they love you, then hit you, and belittle you, and try to control your life? Have you ever felt so helpless and depressed that all you could think of was the day when the tables would be turned?”

He didn’t say anything and she went on.

“I don’t think so TJ. I don’t think you know what it’s like to have everyone around you know what’s going on and do absolutely nothing to stop it or help you. I don’t think you know what that feels like. It feels like they’re trying to say you deserve it. And that hurts.”