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Jason's heart goes out to Misty as she speaks. Carson wasn't his favorite person in the world, but he hadn't thought the guy would go and do something like this...again. It was bad enough he'd hurt Misty in the past more than once, but to do this now... to have had such a good relationship with Misty and then flush it all down the toilet in one single move... Jason just couldn't understand.

"Aw, Misty." He reaches up to wipe a tear that had run down her face. He wished he knew what to say. He was sad for her and a deep anger was forming all over again against Carson. Jason and Misty weren't all that close, but she was his friend...his good friend and coworker, and knowing that Carson had hurt her this badly made his blood boil. "It'll be okay," he tries to comfort.

He straights to stand and leans against Misty's desk, still facing her. "I don't know why he'd do something like that either....but you're right...it's not your fault. Carson obviously has a problem with commitment, and there's nothing you can do about that yourself." He hated his next words, but they came anyway because he believed them to be true. "I don't think he's going to change, Misty...he obviously has a pattern and maybe it took it a while to go full circle again, but it did. You've done nothing wrong...you've done nothing to deserve this, and you've done everything right as far as I'm concerned. I've seen you with him." Jason pauses a moment, remembering how Misty and Carson had always interacted. Sometimes he'd wished he had what they did....they didn't care what other people thought, and were obviously happy.

"I know it's tough..." He lets out a little sigh. "And I wish I had some miracle formula...I wish Rick had something to take for that kind of pain, but trust me...I know there's no medical cure. But you'll be okay." He nods. "Of that I'm sure. You're just going to have to realize that Carson is going to be Carson no matter what and...if you don't want to get hurt again..." He shrugs, not wanting to sound that harsh, but he knows it does. "...then you're going to have to move past him."

Movement in the doorway catches his attention and he turns, his eyes widening slightly. Carson looked terrible. And he'd dared to come here?

Carson stops in the doorway and looks to Misty, his eyes pleading. He takes several steps forward, unsure what to say or how to say it, especially with Jason and Rick there. But seeing Misty's face and tears, he knew that surely the other two men knew what was going on. He tries to ignore them.

"Misty, I..."

Jason stands up straight and glares at Carson. "Get out of here, Carson," he growls.

Carson's eyes shift to Jason with slight surprise, the order just egging on his own anger. "Stay out of this."

"Look, Misty doesn't need this right now." Jason points to the door. "Leave before you make a scene and do anything else stupid."

"I just wanted to apologize!"

"Apologies aren't good enough!" Jason raises his voice, his glare staring Carson down. "When will you learn that? When will you stop hurting people, Carson? You're a master of torture and that's exactly what you're still doing. Only now you've moved past physical torture to torture of the heart and that's even worse."

Carson grits his teeth. He could feel the strangeness of hot tears behind his eyes and he didn't understand why. He glares at Jason, then looks to Misty, then back at Jason again. His hands are fists at his side. He's so angry. He's so frustrated.