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Her responce didn't fall on deaf ears, but Charley didn't comment, for in his eyes there was nothing more she could do to convince him of his decision further. Knowing argument was futile, however, kept his jaws shut on the subject. 
Aspen's next string of words though did provoke a reaction, heightening his joy further. The good mood, however, was tempered by the knowledge now pushing to the front of his mind. Things he knew that she had a right to know, of course, but something he also wasn't sure if he should give up now or not. 
           "I had my father, for a time, and my sister, up until the locusts.... I have to admit, Aspen, I am not a good man. I don't have a great past, and it's all due to my own actions. I've hidden the real me under so many layers of lying and manupulation that I think it's melding with my true person.  I'm sure the only ones alive to know the real me are Reek and Emory. I want you to be the one to know the real me, without all the walls and bullshit covering who really loves you."