He was known to have a short fuse. Mandy was nervous when she approached him, but knew it was the right thing to do.

She had known all along really that it's what she should have done in the first place, but it took a while for her heart to catch up to her head. Mandy was so insecure. For whatever reason she doesn't know, she thought you were only valued if you had an arm to hold onto - someone who belonged to you and you them. She loved Tadd, but she just didn't know if he was the one she could spend the rest of her life with. For months they had tried to make it work - to force feelings that for her, just weren't there. Insecurity is a strong and dangerous bond - and that is really the only thing that kept her with Tadd as long as she had been. Mandy just couldn't take the harsh words and insensitivity any longer. Tadd was selfish, and in a way, so was she. Just in a different way...