Have any of you ever found someone that you thought you could trust? Found someone that you thought, however briefly, could see the world as you do? Someone with the depth, the perception, the aquity. I confess, I am someone who has taken advantage of dozens if not hundreds of regular people, so I am going to say with some authority that I've got the experience to answer my own question. Yes, yes you have.

So then, riddle me this. How do you find in yourself an ability to override your natural instincts for survival (and self-respect), and forgive those very same privileged few for betraying that trust? Is it ever worth the disappointment, the loathing, gnashing your teeth in frustration or rage? The blood or the tears that you shed? Try as I might, I have the most difficulty conceptualizing letting someone who has betrayed me, in any modicum, back into any sort of position in my life.