I wonder if (she?) will react the way (you?) fear. perhaps they will not feel so stung and the main character will not have to carry so much guilt.

Funnily enough, I see it as female narrator but I happy for it to be different ^- That’s one of things I like best, finding out how different your story is for other people.

I wrote it to show the narrator is flawed, whether her fear has real reason or not; being happy in the past is not something that should taint you. You can’t live in a bubble. I’m not sure if that came across?

(It’s not me, though all my recent stuff has been about some issues, none of it is anything other than abstract and fiction)

oh she is in a bubble! But she created it and seems to not want to leave it. I think she needs to clear the air, before her assumed fears cause other problems. :) Seeing as this isn’t you, very well done getting a character across.