I couldn’t help but notice Eric’s constant refrain: “I do everything I do to support my family.” Now, I realize that I’m an amateur observer of human behavior at best, but I have seen this before. Refrains are defense. Something in his heart is out of sync with his actions, and his mind is trying to protect him. Eric wasn’t repeating this because I needed to believe it; he was repeating it because he needed to believe it.
