Anita reaches for him again, feeling a wave of desperation wash over her.

"I'm trying, Asher," she almost sobs. "Can't you see that? I'm trying to be all right with it. But changing takes time. Time we don't have right now for me to be perfectly okay with you being with Jean-Claude. Be with us. Meet me in the middle and we'll... we'll try. Asher, please, please don't leave, please..."

She doesn't beg often, but she does now. Anita doesn't want to see him hurt. She doesn't want to see Jean-Claude hurt. This was the only way to salvage something.