Chapter 102

• The mature director of a moment ago reverted to a broken little boy who had been caught out by someone who mattered to him. Johnny visibly deteriorated, his eyes swimming with sudden tears, and he clutched his hair at the temples and crumbled into his seat. Guilt poured out from every pore as he begged her with a broken expression.
• "I didn't mean it... It was never meant to start; you have to believe that. I wasn't trying to hurt my brother or you. I messed with it to upset Leon, and I thought he would find it and blow up at me. I thought I did so much damage he wouldn't be able to move it. I just wanted to hurt him, show him how mad I was... I wanted him to feel an ounce of the pain he was causing you with what he did, and I wanted to kill the symbol of your marriage to him. I'm sorry." Johnny's voice broke, his eyes poured tears like a waterfall across his cheeks as his bottom lip quivered. His hands trembled as he grasped at the hem of his jacket, and all she saw was the little boy who would shelter behind her dresses with his big baby eyes and plead for her to protect him.
• "You could have told me when I came back... you could have been honest with Leon all these years. You could have used your head and not been such an idiot in the first place. Why, Johnny? WHY?"