Francis continued. “Listen, I won’t blame you if you decide to turn me in. I wanted to turn myself in; the guilt was eating away at me, but April wouldn’t let me. She said it would kill her. Which I don’t get. I’m not sure why she likes me. I’m a good-for-nothing addict, and yet she does. She sees me and I see her. April means the world to me, so I let her go.” His voice broke at the end of his confession and he repeated I let her go softly to himself. Then he roughly wiped his face, swearing under his breath. “I’m not going to stop you, but I ask that you think of April in your decision,
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