i cant lie, "genuinely awful person confessing what they've done to their victim who instinctively refuses to believe them, because of what they did to them, is a really fire concept"
genuinely why is no one talking about how this is how victims of grooming/manipulation would act here, hes GENUINELY fearing for his financial stability, trying to lead an encounter he KNOWS would get him the book in the past, and absolutely freaking out when everything changes