[She's not sure if she should be annoyed that she would have had to call him stupid to get him to listen.]
I... see... [She's never had the girls call her stupid, so she's not sure what the feeling was, though she's berated herself often enough when she made big enough mistakes.] And ah... [She was afraid to ask, or to let anything connect back to "that evening."] Are you going to allow yourself a chance at happiness now?
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I... see... [She's never had the girls call her stupid, so she's not sure what the feeling was, though she's berated herself often enough when she made big enough mistakes.] And ah... [She was afraid to ask, or to let anything connect back to "that evening."] Are you going to allow yourself a chance at happiness now?