"What? Are you kidding?!" He could almost laugh with his disbelief but he doesn't, just stares at her utterly boggled. She's not kidding. He knows she's not. But he still can't wrap his head around it.

"Screw his broken heart! Did he even ask you before you went into this? Did anyone!? You made it sound like he bent over backwards for you, not that you had a guilty conscience because you decided to live your own life! You don't owe him that! It's your life! You can't really believe that was some kind of unkindness on your part."

Can she? Probably.