CASEY
Because this isn't just about not wanting to be with Sebastian. This is so much more than that.
Leonard isn't asking me to have dinner with him or clear the air. He's asking me to deceive him. To manipulate him. And I'm not a manipulative person. Or at least I think I'm not. Not when the person in question hasn't done anything to me. Not when the person has only ever been kind… and good.
Sebastian hasn't wronged me. He hasn't tried to use me. He's been honest, even when it hurt him. And now I'm supposed to use that against him?
No. Every instinct in me screams that if I go down this path, it will come back to haunt me. This will somehow, some way, come back to bite me in the ass.
The room goes silent again. I know that everybody is waiting for my response. They're all waiting to hear what I'm going to say. But the truth is, with the way Leonard put it, I don't think I really have a choice here. Not a real one, anyway.
