I didn't even know she had your number.
❰ which is to say that she maybe grudgingly kind of believes him, on a probationary basis at least.
after a pause, another text comes. ❱
Nell's been through a lot of shit. In life, and in the past year.
❰ but that doesn't cover what she's trying to convey, even in an unspoken way. so: ❱
Just don't give her the impression that she can lean on you. She's more than you can handle, and I won't watch her get hurt.
❰ she's more than the crains themselves can handle, but at least the margin isn't as wide. at least they've figured out how to deal with it over the years. ❱
❰ which is to say that she maybe grudgingly kind of believes him, on a probationary basis at least.
after a pause, another text comes. ❱
Nell's been through a lot of shit. In life, and in the past year.
❰ but that doesn't cover what she's trying to convey, even in an unspoken way. so: ❱
Just don't give her the impression that she can lean on you. She's more than you can handle, and I won't watch her get hurt.
❰ she's more than the crains themselves can handle, but at least the margin isn't as wide. at least they've figured out how to deal with it over the years. ❱
I believe you.
❰ addressing that part first, because she's almost not sure if she wants to address the rest of it. but a short pause later: ❱
I know how it seems. I know how she sounds, and how it looks when she has four siblings and she can't get a single one of us on the line.
❰ she's not even going to defend it. she's not innocent here. she screens nell's calls when she just can't be assed after a full day of work. but the crain siblings all cope in their own ways, and trying to help one another through those coping mechanisms just makes everything worse - and they've largely come to realize that this includes nellie, no matter how much they might worry. ❱
❰ addressing that part first, because she's almost not sure if she wants to address the rest of it. but a short pause later: ❱
I know how it seems. I know how she sounds, and how it looks when she has four siblings and she can't get a single one of us on the line.
❰ she's not even going to defend it. she's not innocent here. she screens nell's calls when she just can't be assed after a full day of work. but the crain siblings all cope in their own ways, and trying to help one another through those coping mechanisms just makes everything worse - and they've largely come to realize that this includes nellie, no matter how much they might worry. ❱
I'll have a word with Mister Huang, I'm sure he'll understand.
Networking has such an impersonal connotation.
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