Eugene saw and heard everything, but Rosita never told anyone any of this, and she never would have, not willingly. She feels so stupid still, for being so blindsided, so completely caught off guard - for believing in him, in them, enough to think she'd had anything to do with how Abraham had seemed to be settling.
But no. Not her.
"He'd been so lost and out of place ever since we got to Alexandria. He wasn't good at being inside the walls, being part of a community. I could see it so fucking clearly - and then all of a sudden it was like he settled. All of a sudden he was happier, and saying nice things like that, and - I was so stupid, Jesus. I was so goddamn stupid and I didn't want to see what it meant. I thought it meant we could - that he'd -"
She swallows, shakes her head. "He was happier with Sasha than I'd ever seen him outside of a fight. How do I cross half the fucking country overrun with walkers and psychos with two people I loved so much and be so fucking oblivious about them lying to me?"
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Date: 2022-11-04 04:06 am (UTC)From:But no. Not her.
"He'd been so lost and out of place ever since we got to Alexandria. He wasn't good at being inside the walls, being part of a community. I could see it so fucking clearly - and then all of a sudden it was like he settled. All of a sudden he was happier, and saying nice things like that, and - I was so stupid, Jesus. I was so goddamn stupid and I didn't want to see what it meant. I thought it meant we could - that he'd -"
She swallows, shakes her head. "He was happier with Sasha than I'd ever seen him outside of a fight. How do I cross half the fucking country overrun with walkers and psychos with two people I loved so much and be so fucking oblivious about them lying to me?"