Because I married in. Because... unless the shot you take can't miss, there isn't much you can do but abide. It started with positive reinforcement, with encouragement, incentives, until it wasn't enough and they wanted more.
( He didn't come here to garner sympathy for his and his husband's plight (or his husband's past), but this is the direction she asked about. )
Standard mob wife territory. I've been threatened. My family has been threatened. When they discovered David and I wouldn't just leave each other - and they attempted to bribe me - then they made me a company man. You want to know why I'm here? Because I'm the problem child and you were punishment. You're not in danger, they're are no post cure-post doppelgΓ€nger rituals. It's like, you were president and now our tax dollars are being put toward watching you. Granted, the Colony discovers something new every day, but if I thought for a second your body or your blood wouldn't be your own, I would've come forward sooner, Elena.
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( He didn't come here to garner sympathy for his and his husband's plight (or his husband's past), but this is the direction she asked about. )
Standard mob wife territory. I've been threatened. My family has been threatened. When they discovered David and I wouldn't just leave each other - and they attempted to bribe me - then they made me a company man. You want to know why I'm here? Because I'm the problem child and you were punishment. You're not in danger, they're are no post cure-post doppelgΓ€nger rituals. It's like, you were president and now our tax dollars are being put toward watching you. Granted, the Colony discovers something new every day, but if I thought for a second your body or your blood wouldn't be your own, I would've come forward sooner, Elena.