Because no one likes a troublemaker, do they?
After Julie Sampson returned, she had always been trying to be independent, to take good care of herself.
When she was hungry, she would endure it, because she didn't want to be seen as a nuisance.
When she was sick, she would also endure it, for the same reason.
She was trying hard to make herself better, to be liked a bit more, and a bit longer, by those who still cared for her.
She always knew she had nothing else to lose.
Once she truly lost everything, she would have nothing at all.
No one would love her anymore, no one would care about her anymore.
She was afraid that her world would eventually be left with only her in it, alone, so she cautiously made herself into what others liked, trying hard to please the world and to accommodate everyone around her.
James Black listened to her trembling voice, and finally, held her tightly in his arms.
