Walking into that room was hard for Charles and a part of him wanted to shut down and tell Caden that he didn’t deserve any of those answers or to poke around in his life but... he wanted to make this work. Swallowing down his pride he had to look away as the CEO pleaded with him. “If I spent all my time defending myself there wouldn’t be much time for anything else. These things that happened were my private life... they were not part of the company and the problems there.” He didn’t know if he was confident in that statement though, and he would have been less so in knowing just how hard Alan had worked to ruin his previous life and to start picking apart this one while he was it. Charles walked the length of the room, refusing to pace but it was clear this was hard for him to form thoughts about, to speak in a way that made sense.<br/><br/>He still finally straightening his spine as he tried to keep his chin up knowing this wasn’t going to go away. “It was ruled an accidental death.” He finally managed to say in a small voice, “It was not... murder.” There was a look of pain that crossed his face but he quickly righted himself. “I had known about this submissive a long time, we had played here and there and had... grown fond of them I suppose.” He flexed his fingers as he glanced down at the floor, he wasn’t going to add to the part of the story that he knew the man already wore a collar but had swore up and down this was all approved by his dom. Speaking to his Master would have been right choice, the clear choice but he had been so wrapped up in what could have been that hadn’t followed his own rules choosing to live in the fantasy. “It all came crashing down when I decided to scope out a club for us to scene in and... I saw them together. The moment he saw me he panicked and I was... very upset.” That didn’t being to cover just how upset he was.<br/><br/>“He cried and pleaded for me to do a scene with him, I shouldn’t have, not in the state he and I were in. Too many emotions not enough planning... I agreed and we started but I hadn’t realize with how frantic he was being that he had already taken something to try and ease his nerves. That’s what... that’s what he died from, not the scene.” He shook his head, “I wanted so badly to give him what he wanted, and not what he needed at the time and I missed the signs. He insisted that he was green and keep going and it could have been nerves or any number of things. I should have known.” He whispered figuring that Caden would see him differently, would see why the distance was needed for him to play safely but he could also understand why the other would never want to trust him again.