Wow! Beautifully done. For the first time, I'm actually understanding the depth of what may be going on with Reese. How the way she was treated by her mother is tripping her up just when she needs to be free of it and causing her to send mixed signals when it's just the opposite of what she means to do. I can totally see the infernal cycle of Reese going back over every time they've been intimate, wondering whether she was inadvertently insensitive, watching her reactions so carefully that Bianca senses something is wrong, assumes it's because she told Reese about the rape and starts withdrawing. Which inevitably leads Reese to notice, think she screwed up and head out.
It's one of those misundertandings that soaps are so fond of, but it's not contrived, it's based on the reality of what's going on for the characters, so it actually has the emotional impact it's meant to have.
You totally rock.
Poor Reese, now I feel really bad for her, but you managed to make her relateable again. Thank you for that.
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I can totally see the infernal cycle of Reese going back over every time they've been intimate, wondering whether she was inadvertently insensitive, watching her reactions so carefully that Bianca senses something is wrong, assumes it's because she told Reese about the rape and starts withdrawing. Which inevitably leads Reese to notice, think she screwed up and head out.
It's one of those misundertandings that soaps are so fond of, but it's not contrived, it's based on the reality of what's going on for the characters, so it actually has the emotional impact it's meant to have.
You totally rock.
Poor Reese, now I feel really bad for her, but you managed to make her relateable again. Thank you for that.