[ The silence that passed seemed to stretch for a time, and the longer Rhy went without speaking, the more anxious Llewellyn got. That hadn’t even been all of it, after all.
But Rhy’s reaction was not unlike someone else’s to Jack’s behavior. It was somehow not surprising, but it gets a sad expression. ]
It felt like the right thing, and… It’s nice to know my first instinct wasn’t just me, but it was still an impulsive decision on my part. I should have thought more clearly before I acted… Charging the man for his crime would have meant a trial, and a trial would have put Jack under scrutiny, which would have been hard to disprove given he’d been under suspicion before.
[ What hurt more was not being given a chance to sort it out and fix it, of course, but it felt important to give his husband the whole picture. ]
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But Rhy’s reaction was not unlike someone else’s to Jack’s behavior. It was somehow not surprising, but it gets a sad expression. ]
It felt like the right thing, and… It’s nice to know my first instinct wasn’t just me, but it was still an impulsive decision on my part. I should have thought more clearly before I acted… Charging the man for his crime would have meant a trial, and a trial would have put Jack under scrutiny, which would have been hard to disprove given he’d been under suspicion before.
[ What hurt more was not being given a chance to sort it out and fix it, of course, but it felt important to give his husband the whole picture. ]
He did… change his mind again, months later.