Tara's looking over at Katie, and she's never had this before. She's never had support like this, and to have someone even talking to to her, so she's not alone and she can be honest and not trying to frame everything in a way that's still lying and hiding... It's what's holding her together, and Katie's made herself a life-long ally.

She nods as Katie speaks, forcing herself to breathe slowly as she tries to really, really listen.

Seeing that hurt, Tara squeezes Katie's hands and it's the two of them against the past. "Jax... he did... too. Shut me out, not fixable the way he was, and the way... our situation was. I'm sorry that you lived through that." She means it, deeply, and she feels like someone finally understands the gravity of what happened. "He became a monster," she said quietly. "The club made him a monster, and it changed him. You're right. And if I'm honest with what happened... with what changed me..." She's afraid both that he'll hate her, and she'll hurt him, but... "Then maybe we can be okay?"