“I feel really guilty,” Eva begins to recount. “During the whole affair, I just didn’t think about it. But now that it’s come out, I feel terrible about everything that happened. I can hardly sleep because of it and completely lost my appetite as well.” Eva bursts into tears. Margot, her girlfriend, searches in her bag for a paper handkerchief and hands it over. Eva noisily blows her nose and continues.
“I am very gloomy lately and can’t function at work like this either. Next week I have a meeting scheduled with my manager to discuss whether maybe I should work a bit less for a while.” She asks Margot for another handkerchief and blows her nose in that one full as well.
“What’s this like for you?” I ask Margot. She sighs and says, “Well, I actually find it a very difficult period too, because last month i found out that Eva has been seeing someone else for six months. And it’s not the first time something like this has happened…” Eva gets up from the couch to throw the used tissues in the trash. “That must have turned everything upside down?” I ask Margot. “Well yes … it’s just been really hard and …”
“Yes, I agree,” Eva interrupts her. “It’s a really hard time for both of us. I feel so bad about it, I’m really ashamed of what I’ve done. Sometimes I’m just such a rotten person.” She grabs her girlfriend’s hand and puts it on her leg.
