Manny could not understand why she thought anything that she would tell him make him think any different about her.  He still loved her and he always would no matter how much she tried to push him away.  He had tried to live without her for the last ten years and it had been harder than he could have ever imagined.  He wanted out of his life one way or another.<br/><br/>Manny sat down next to Michele and listened to her tell her tale.  All these years he figured that she had taken off because of something in his life that had scared her off, but the more he listened to her story the more he began to understand.   Manny could not help but put his arm around her and hold her close as she spoke taking his hand rubbing up and down her arm.<br/><br/>He always wondered why she never told him this story until she came to the end and had taken off.  She didn’t even try to come and talk to him, she just took off.  He was a little torn on whether to be hurt or pissed that she didn’t think to come to him, but then the time for that was is long past.<br/><br/>“Oh Mickey, I am so sorry.”  Manny sighed into her shoulder as he held her close.  “All you had to do was text me I would have been right there for you. “  Manny actually started to tear a little bit over this information.  “Mikey I have done so many things far worse than protecting myself from some asshole.  You accidently and I repeat accidently killed one person.  I have killed dozens.”  Manny admitted as he stood up from the couch.   “I thought you left because of me, and what I did.”