Elijah cracked a smile but it was one full of pain. He shook his head slowly.

"Funny enough the one I'm most upset by personally is that they accused me of beating women, because I was asked if I hit women and I admitted to this woman that sometimes I had to be rough with women for the job. I don't like it, I hate violence. But they also accused me of..." His voice died as he didn't want to say it out loud. He never easily could. "Just because I'm of my age and never married, or dated women, or visited the brothels. I can't be just a quiet man who likes to spend quiet evenings home alone. I have to have some dark secret." That had been his life up until recently, though it certainly didn't mean the alternative was true.

"I don't think I can admit anything, doctor. I hope you understand." He had no idea how Dr. Wells felt and wasn't sure he could handle saying it.