She had loved him. He knew this; he had never doubted it. But she had also asked him to kill her. If you love someone that much, you did not lay that sort of burden on him for the rest of his life.
In Jodi Picoult's "The Pact," the complex emotions surrounding love and responsibility are explored through the relationship between two characters. The protagonist grapples with the understanding that while his partner had loved him deeply, she simultaneously placed an overwhelming and painful request upon him: to end her life. This contradiction highlights the burdens that love can carry.
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