"Lance, I know what you're going to say, and please don't, not right now. I don't need to know how much you despise me, not now I don't, not while I'm in the hospital. I know you weren't really concerned for me, you were only afraid you would be stuck with the babies or something. I'm okay now, and I promise you, my kids and I will be out of your hair as soon as I'm discharged."
"Baby, of course I was worried about you, what would make you think other wise?"
"Because, I know how badly you hate me, I haven't been blind to the way you've been treating me lately."
"I'm so sorry about all of that. I don't hate you, I never did. I was just so hurt, and I couldn't think of any other way to express what I was feeling. Then, when I thought I was going to lose you, it made me realize that I couldn't live without you."
"I wish I could believe you."
"You can, everything I'm saying is the truth."
"How can I be sure it's not just another act? The way everything else has been lately? Put on only so the people around you won't know how you really feel?"
"Baby, please, you have to believe me. This past week has been pure hell for me, not knowing if you were going to come out of it. I haven't been home, I've barely slept, all I could think about was what I had said to you. I was scared to death that you really WEREN'T going to come home. Please believe me."
"I wish I could, I really do, but I can't. You've become so good at acting, you had everyone else convinced that you still loved me . . ."
"That's because I do."
"I want to believe that, but I'm not setting myself up again, I'm not letting my heart get broken again, twice was enough for me. It's going to take a whole lot more than empty words for me to trust you again."
"If that's what it's going to take, then fine. Even if it takes the rest of my life, I'm going to prove to you that I love you with all my heart."
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