[There's a stony silence on John's end for about half a minute. He wants to say he should have been able to. It's an argument that's going nowhere, though.]
Tell him you love him and it's fine, then.
[There. An alternative that might simply shock Royce out of any misery.]
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Tell him you love him and it's fine, then.
[There. An alternative that might simply shock Royce out of any misery.]