That shame you feel at the end. The disappointment. The guilt. Not all of it belongs to you. Sometimes what you are carrying is the residue of who you were connected to. The man who enters with charm and seduction often enters with a mask. Presentation is easy. Performance is easy. But character cannot hide. What you experience over time, the confusion, the instability, the emotional weight, is the truth beneath the mask. Believe the pattern, not the performance. You are not grieving the man he was. You are grieving the illusion. Discernment reveals what charm tries to conceal.