They are one and the same. I wasn't tied to a chair, I wasn't in Belle's lair, I was safe. The cars collided; it did look real, accidental. Diminishing.
I raised eyebrows at him. a sham effort. I answered the implied why, because I couldn't answer the other more painful questions. So they're distancing themselves in case she does something even more unfortunate, I said.
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