Elijah gasped and shook his head as he hugged her again. "You are never any trouble. I am the one who has made things harder for you. I have been completely useless. You have had to deal with so much on your own. It's others who have been causing you trouble, not you. Noah did this to you, and it's because most of the people in this town can't just let you live your life because of this little mistake, they have to make it their business and make things harder on you than they already are, and Ben could only see one option for what's happened. You were not taught well to know what you and Noah would do could cause this, otherwise you would have been far more careful. So please, don't think you are trouble."