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“Double Down”, page 43

🕑 Added 2022-03-18 17:00:06 +0000 UTC

Comments

Alec

Yeah. It's actually kinda clever how Paulo is approaching this. Everyone is assuming what Lucy wants, so Paulo is taking those assumptions and directly presenting it to her, looking for a reaction. And it seems that she doesn't REALLY want everyone to just ditch Mike. It seems like her main hold-up MIGHT be that she doesn't want to force everyone to choose, doesn't want to divide her friends and have them "pick sides." Especially after the last couple times she opened up and shared her feelings basically resulted in more drama for her friends.

Insomni-act

That's because Mike made her really believe she had no friends. Lucy was so used to not having friends and not being liked by people at such a young age and that sorta stuck with her. So of course she was quick to believe it.

Aesthete Noire

Everyone is so hype on his leaving Mike piece but are ignoring that Paulo is literally giving her the option to voice what she wants. She might very well say not to abandon Mike, but as it stands currently nobody knows what Lucy is thinking. The group defaulted to Mike after the incident. This is the perfect opportunity to get some insight to what Lucy is feeling.

Laserlime

this hurtssss this hurts

Lily Hoyda

Paulo is pressuring her so much he really sees things in only black and white hdgsh

DaniBelle

I swear mature Paulo is just chef kisses

Asher Noir

He has a point tho. She never reached out to them about anything. And that hurts.

Dr00wbird

I think the way Paulo is wording it puts a lot of pressure on lucy. I know Paulo means very well. Either way it'll make lucy feel worst that it's still a pick or choose which side you're in.

hazel

As a reader, I'm very glad that Paulo is pushing her on this. I would like some sort of resolution to this, even if that takes the form of comeuppance. IN-universe, I'm upset for Lucy AND Mike. I feel like "Good-Guy" Paulo took her snipe about still talking to Mike personally. Paulo wants to be consistent in his defense of the downtrodden, which has been a part of his ethics since Tess. I think that's why he's willing to just throw Mike away... to "prove" it.

Jubbz

Isn't this the VERY THING Mike ended up resenting? Everyone going against him because he hurt Lucy's feelings, "cheated" on her? All that done to him WELL before he began to start lashing out after years of bottling his feelings on the matter? Bottling his feelings of resentment on Lucy? How he lashed out on everyone for ALWAYS taking her side? This isn't going to end well no matter what.

Insomni-act

What say you, Luce??

cottoncandy.x

❤️

Elisa

I don’t feel like anyones been this direct with her since Zachary

mobsterseeker

Paulo clearly means well but I wonder who he's referring to when he says 'we'. I wonder if he'd be surprised to know not everyone would have Lucy's back in this at all. Especially considering what we just saw from Daisy...