[John understands that he probably should have told her about all of this sooner. But he also had reasoned that doing so would only cause her to worry when there would not be a lot that could be done from afar. And in his position, it's easier to wait until he knows that things are more settled and he's not in any more immediate peril, then simply beg her forgiveness for having withheld the information from her for this long.
In his defense, he feels as though he has burdened enough people already.]
early october (now-ish);
In his defense, he feels as though he has burdened enough people already.]
𝓒𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓻𝓮?
𝓘 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓴 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾. 𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓭.
[Ominous.]