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THE EXOTIC DANCER CHAPTER 021✔ "To Judge And Assume"
My pace is quick and steady as i make my way out of the room. Hands balled up into fists after digesting everything that had just happened in there. He threatened me, that man had the audacity to sit before me and threaten me. Now only me, Max as well and we may be in an argument right now and i may want to rip his face clean off but nobody threatens my best friend.
Everyone i have confided in about this situation has told me to let him be and that im too good for him. They try to make me feel better and assure me they are on my side but... i don't know if i want them to be.
Them being on my side always sounds like them telling me i need to cut Max off and it hurts my heart to even think about doing that.
Ginger said that Max is the type of guy to never change, the type who will just keep doing what he does even though he knows it will hurt the people around him. She says he may and probably does feel bad about it, but it won't be enough to make him stop.
At first i was a bit upset at her for judging his character in such a way but honestly, i can't lie and say i haven't thought that way about him as well. But he is my friend and i always chose to give him the benefit of the doubt. He did change, sure not completely and not for good as we are dealing with his old ways now but he changed.
He saw his life falling apart and that he was losing people he cared about and he chose to change. I have to believe he will be able to do that again. I have to have hope in him because to give up on him would break my heart. He never gave up on me and i owe it to him to do this for him.
I will hold my tongue and take what he throws at he because he is my friend and i want him to have a happy and good life and i know that if i leave him alone his chances of that are slim. Its not that i think so highly of myself either, its just Max has managed to push everyone else he cares about and who cared about him away.
He has friends but they aren't the type to confide in and tell his problems to, if he ever did that type of thing. What i mean is they are not close. They are the type to party and drink with when he wants to forget. They give him the tools he needs to destroy himself and i learned a long time ago not to do that.
If i leave him, i leave him with nobody. And that's a painful existence i would not bestow upon anyone. Its too cruel a punishment to leave someone with no one.
Once again i must make the choice to keep Lucy away from him though. I care about Max but Lucy is my top priority no matter what and i will not allow him to put her in danger. If it ever seems like that could be a real worry of mine i will not be able to help Max in the way i hope to. I will make sure someone else at least tries to keep him in line though.
