Heather vented tonight because she needed to... and while she's more than happy to pull things out of people by hook or by crook, she won't push it too far. Not just yet. But she's got her foot in the door, now. In time...
"Windom Earle."
She repeats it softly... as though memorizing it. And she kind of is. She'll need to remember the sound of it... just in case this man ever shows up. She's already been given names by some others... names to watch out for, names to run from or mistrust right off the bat. This is another... one that is more than worthy of remembering, if Cooper's story was true. And she believes that it is.
"... It... yeah, it did. I think I just... needed to get that stuff off my chest. I hadn't... really told anybody yet. 'Cept for Dad. N'getting it out in the open helps make it look... not so bad, I guess. As it was in my head."
She looks up and gives Cooper a small, slightly-sheepish smile.
"I know Claudia won't hurt me here. OR Dad. ... She even said so."
And Heather trusts her. She may hate her, may want to kill her, may think that she's a fanatical psychopath... but she trusts her. When Claudia says something, she means it.
"... I just... need to deal with it. ... Myself. ... And the disappearances... well, there's nothing I can do about those. So... no point in worrying, right...?"
That last bit is cleverly aimed at Cooper in addition to being about herself.
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Heather vented tonight because she needed to... and while she's more than happy to pull things out of people by hook or by crook, she won't push it too far. Not just yet. But she's got her foot in the door, now. In time...
"Windom Earle."
She repeats it softly... as though memorizing it. And she kind of is. She'll need to remember the sound of it... just in case this man ever shows up. She's already been given names by some others... names to watch out for, names to run from or mistrust right off the bat. This is another... one that is more than worthy of remembering, if Cooper's story was true. And she believes that it is.
"... It... yeah, it did. I think I just... needed to get that stuff off my chest. I hadn't... really told anybody yet. 'Cept for Dad. N'getting it out in the open helps make it look... not so bad, I guess. As it was in my head."
She looks up and gives Cooper a small, slightly-sheepish smile.
"I know Claudia won't hurt me here. OR Dad. ... She even said so."
And Heather trusts her. She may hate her, may want to kill her, may think that she's a fanatical psychopath... but she trusts her. When Claudia says something, she means it.
"... I just... need to deal with it. ... Myself. ... And the disappearances... well, there's nothing I can do about those. So... no point in worrying, right...?"
That last bit is cleverly aimed at Cooper in addition to being about herself.