he shook his head wearily

                              You kill me slay me

What?

        What would you have me do?

Say no  Whas so hard about saying no

But if you can help someon . .

. . Set precedence

Precedence? What are you talking about?

You understand precedence

                               The next time they askan they will theyll expect you to help again

An again An again

That’s not true.

It is

     How many times has it been  I don care shes a woman she has family other friends . .

. . I don’t mind.

Until the time comes when you do or when you cant

                                                       Neither will be legit then

My friend back East

Which?

         All your friends are back East. Aside from me do you have a friend here?

I do not

Not one?

No

    Im not one to seek friends Our circumstances arrived differently  I did not seek you you did not seek me  We fell in through our girlfriends

You don’t have to remind me.

No I don

           Helen

Helen. Yes.

Helens running herself ragged helping family friends Been going on for months on end Stress is getting the better of her

And for itvirtually is her inability to say no  Yours

Youre the nice guy

                    You prefer to be the knight in shining armor

Saving damsels in distress 

Distress theyve brought onto themselves

Which you know to be true

There’s nothing wrong with helping someone.

I agree

And I don’t care for you describing me a knight in silver shining armor.

I didnt say silver

                   Though I coud be a knight if I wanted

You?  No way.

    Way

           A night in a Trojan

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