"Just screw off and let me be." Lexi snapped. "You don't understand and you never will. And there's nothing to be done about it. That's just how it is."
"Do you want to die? Because that's what's going to happen if you keep going the way you're going. And don't give me all that 'woe-is-me-life-is-hard bullshit' because that's downright selfish!" Kay paced off to the left. "Everyone's got shit, Lex. Everyone has to deal. It's called life, and you can't let it get the best of you. All we have is love! All we can feel is love! And if you've lost that, be my guest."
Kay turned back to Lexi with a cold glint in her eye. "If you've lost all that, I feel sorry for you. So go ahead. I'm not stopping you. It's your life. You can ruin it however you please."
"So why are you still here? Why the fuck are you still around?!"
Kay leaned in and lowered her voice to a simmer. "Because I know you still have love in your heart. I see it when you look at that little girl like she was your sister. You wanna die?!" Kay started pacing again, boots clumping angrily on the floor. "You wanna die in front of her?!"
Lexi turned away so that Kay wouldn't see the tears streaming down her skin, leathered and wrinkled with stress. Eyes puffy from not sleeping.
"It's your heart Lex. You're the one who has to live with yourself."
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