What Lies Beneath The Clearing

10.2

"What do you mean it's not your problem? Of course it is, you're the one who made me feel that way."

"No, I'm not. You are. I gave you no reason to think that I was cheating on you. In fact in the entire time we've been together, I haven't given you a single reason to think that. I get that you've been hurt before and it did some damage, you have some trust issues, but that's not my problem. That's your responsibility, not mine, and the fact that you don't trust me at all even though I've given you every reason to...it hurts. I mean you're not even trying. It's like you're expecting me to always do something wrong, that's not fair. Second, Lennox is 16 years old. She's been in my life longer than you have, I care about her and she got hurt, you have no right to tell me who I can and cannot care about."

"Jay,"

"No, I'm not finished. I told you when we met that it was gonna be hard, because of my job. You told me that you were fine, that you could handle not seeing me, and me having to go and do my job even if it was in the middle of something important. I'm a cop. I help people for a living. I literally put my life on the line everyday and I enjoy it, you said you could deal with that. I'm sorry if you don't like that my job is just as important to me as you are, but if you're gonna keep yelling at me over the phone and judging who I talk to, and to be honest acting like a child, then we're gonna have to have a serious talk about where this relationship is going. Because I'm not gonna be treated like shit over something you went through before me. I'm not your ex."