[ Harold really hadn't meant to make it seem like he wanted him to leave, though he doesn't have any real idea what he had been asking for with that admission. Abruptly he has no idea what to say or how to talk to this John, who hasn't chased him down across New York and insisted that he had to be more than just Professor Whistler. Who hadn't gotten his number and realized it was for Harold as a perpetrator, not a victim, but still hadn't backed down. ]
I don't want to give the wrong impression. You have been and-- [ However awkward this is, Harold's fumbling now because his throat is closing up with emotion. ]
You will always remain -- a very dear friend to me.
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[ Harold really hadn't meant to make it seem like he wanted him to leave, though he doesn't have any real idea what he had been asking for with that admission. Abruptly he has no idea what to say or how to talk to this John, who hasn't chased him down across New York and insisted that he had to be more than just Professor Whistler. Who hadn't gotten his number and realized it was for Harold as a perpetrator, not a victim, but still hadn't backed down. ]
I don't want to give the wrong impression. You have been and-- [ However awkward this is, Harold's fumbling now because his throat is closing up with emotion. ]
You will always remain -- a very dear friend to me.