"Disbelieving, but she'll take it. That's the kind of person she is."

Whatever that meant, he wasn't going to dwell on it. Instead his voice gets more hesitant, his balled form gets tighter. "I had a... Meltdown, kinda, when I heard. I told Ellis I'd kill her first, I - I didn't mean it, I was just locked up in my head and couldn't fucking get out, but..."

His voice grows tight. "I went with Nicholas and his daughter when the made the offer. She... She asked me if she should take it."