"No, not really," she answers with a laugh. "But I think I have to." He's never pushed her and for that she's been incredibly grateful, but now they're at this point where she has to make a choice. She either gets to tell him the truth and see what happens or she lies again and drives a deeper wedge between them. Most of the time April has no idea what she might be doing when it comes to being in this relationship because she's simply never been in anything like this before, but she's trying.
It's for him she's trying. She owes him this much. She owes him at least some honesty.
"I'm not a good person, Caden," she says, brushing some hair back from her face. It's hard to look at him, but she forces herself to, meeting his gaze for a moment before she looks away again. "I... after I got out of the foster care system I didn't know what to do. I had no money, no education, no family. I just... I knew I could make people do what I wanted them to. I knew I could make them believe me, so I started using my powers to get men to give me things. It started off small and it got bigger as time went on. A lot bigger."
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It's for him she's trying. She owes him this much. She owes him at least some honesty.
"I'm not a good person, Caden," she says, brushing some hair back from her face. It's hard to look at him, but she forces herself to, meeting his gaze for a moment before she looks away again. "I... after I got out of the foster care system I didn't know what to do. I had no money, no education, no family. I just... I knew I could make people do what I wanted them to. I knew I could make them believe me, so I started using my powers to get men to give me things. It started off small and it got bigger as time went on. A lot bigger."