"No, you saved your life. And Hardison's. Come on, did you even check once if Damien had me killed? If he retaliated?"
Carter scoffs, shaking his head, but bristling at Eliot's anger.
"You could have told me. Hardison could have gotten a message to me and don't tell me he couldn't have. You could have stayed. But you were mad about what Damien did to you so just straight up deserted me. You didn't even leave a note, didn't even--"
He pauses when he gets carried away and exhales, knocking back his drink.
"You know, I didn't believe it at first? I thought they were lying to me. That Brett and the others had gotten to you and it was just some stupid cover-up, I mean, come on, was I seriously to believe that, that you would just leave? ... But then news came in that you were taking on jobs somewhere else and I realized it wasn't the 'cover-up' that was stupid. It was just me."
John steps up to Eliot, narrowing the personal space between them and staring him down.
"You can say sorry all you want, Eliot, but I don't believe it. I'm not gonna believe a single word out of your mouth ever again. You taught me better than that."
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Carter scoffs, shaking his head, but bristling at Eliot's anger.
"You could have told me. Hardison could have gotten a message to me and don't tell me he couldn't have. You could have stayed. But you were mad about what Damien did to you so just straight up deserted me. You didn't even leave a note, didn't even--"
He pauses when he gets carried away and exhales, knocking back his drink.
"You know, I didn't believe it at first? I thought they were lying to me. That Brett and the others had gotten to you and it was just some stupid cover-up, I mean, come on, was I seriously to believe that, that you would just leave? ... But then news came in that you were taking on jobs somewhere else and I realized it wasn't the 'cover-up' that was stupid. It was just me."
John steps up to Eliot, narrowing the personal space between them and staring him down.
"You can say sorry all you want, Eliot, but I don't believe it. I'm not gonna believe a single word out of your mouth ever again. You taught me better than that."