Somehow, I messed up in my response @CincyKris
When words such as the following are spoken, it gives one pause...Self-centered and entirely ignorant of what it takes to have a relationship...
Don't forget, Oliver found a mistake/issue that exculpated Julien, one that teams of attorneys failed to notice.
Why, such an open-and-shut case has gone beyond this; only the author knows or does not remember...Let's not forget, the whole issue should have only lasted 2-3 days...why all of a sudden has it become even more complicated considering the appeal was filed after the frigging deadline to appeal....
Lastly, right or wrong, any partner of mine who spoke to me in such a manner, and continued to be petulant and pout would have seen the bottom of my boot with a final message...Hope you have a nice life as the only resident on that private island...
“I came back because I want to be here. Not because you earned it. Not because the anger stopped. I want to be here, in this apartment, with you, even though you made it harder. You don’t get to treat that as forgiveness. It isn’t. It is presence. That is all.”
Why does this ring false????
I want to be here, in this apartment, with you, even though you made it harder?
That is all.”
Where is the effort, despite the anger, to take a step back? In subsequent chapters, it's nonexistent...
Where is the willingness and/or the ability to talk things through?
Now, I will be the first to admit, I am most likely acting like Julien, simply because we haven't seen the inside of his head, or his thoughts in word and deed other than what we have seen...
But from this side of the keyboard, as Ricky Ricardo once said to Lucy, 'You got some spalin to do."