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"I'm not asking you to look after me, Mel," he begged softly. "I know things are incredibly hard for you right now. I know you feel like you're drowning under the weight of this place and Becca. But let me be the person who helps you breathe, not another task on your to-do list. Let me help you carry it. I’ll step back. If I’m crowding you, or if my stuff with Abby and the kids is putting too much pressure on you, just tell me where the line is. I’ll stay behind it. I’ll do whatever you want. I will change whatever I need to change about myself to make this work. Just please, don't shut me out."
And right there, in his desperate plea, was the absolute, terrifying core of why she had to stop it.
He was too willing to erase his own needs, to compromise his own emotional limitations, and shrink himself down into whatever shape she needed just to keep her comfortable. He adored her completely. He cherished the very ground she walked on and treated her with a level of devotion that she felt unworthy of.