“I would never hurt someone I love.”

His eyes held that sincere yet crazed look. He truly believed there was nothing wrong with his actions. It was all for your good.

After you found a box full of evidence in his bathroom ceiling, Joe had no choice but to lock you away in the basement of the bookstore. Inside a glass cage.

“I love you. I did this for you.”

He was desperate to make you understand. Joe didn’t like seeing you so afraid of him, as if he was some sort of monster.