When Stu lifted his head again, it was to eye Tae with incredulous frustration, and a breathless tilt to insist wordlessly, come on. Neither of them believed that. She couldn't even deliver the line without that little shrug. That look lasted a beat after her last question, then disappeared in a complete transformation for Stu's brow to knit together, eyes welling up with tears, mouth drawn in pain as he insisted, "Please, I'm so sorry, I'll never do it again, you're right, everything you say is so right and I don't want you to be mad at me."
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