"You're probably angry, you're probably feeling humiliated, but please control yourself and keep reading. If you only knew how desperately I want you to get through this moment unscathed and take a step towards me. Did he beat me or did I beat him? In any case, the curtain is now closed on the masquerade. I killed him and declared myself guilty...

And I knew very well that the idea that you were a victim chained to me, when I no longer had any rights over you, was just a big lie I made up because it suited me. You had willingly accepted this fate without a moment's hesitation. That gleam in your smile was perhaps most effective on yourself. Which means that you could have left me right away if you wanted to. Can you understand how terrible that would have been for me? You have a thousand expressions, but I don't have a single face."