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"do you want me to leave you?" he asked. 

"yes." 

"give me one good reason why i should leave," he demanded. 

she stared right into this eyes. "i am nothing but trouble. i will bring you down like i have bought myself down. i don't want help. i will hurt you. i will push you away. i won't love you back. you'll end up hating me. i already hate myself. you don't know the real me. you don't want to know the real me. that's why you should go." 

he stood up and left, and didn't come back, even when she screamed his name.