He asked me why we came if it was going to upset me. I said that I didn’t know that it was. He told me that he understood but that it was selfish of me to have made this his problem. I’m not your therapist, Enola. Do you understand that when I get back, I’m going to have to pick up shifts in my cousin’s bar? I’ve not done bar work since my twenties. I’ve been so stressed with writing and … This is why I don’t go away with partners. I’m really sorry, I said, unable to stop my voice from shaking. Oh, just stop that, Enola. It’s manipulative.
