Ah, okay- I see now. That's good, 'cuz nobody hurts my Tabitha. Lol Okay, then I did understand the story (considering I'm playing the "correct" way), as you originally intended. It must have been a giant pain-in-the-keister to have to write an entirely different dialogue tree for people that want to play your game "incorrectly".
Well, I just wish she was happier in general. I don't know if it's ever implicitly stated, but who is that one that instigated the relationship when they were younger? I'm sure it was more or less mutual, but one of them had to take the first step... This might help assign who's to blame a bit better.
Also, (something that you may cover later) we don't really know what happened to the MC after they were caught. It sounds like Tabitha may have run away to avoid embarassment, harassment, their father, etc.,. Did the MC stay behind and deal with the aftermath of what happened?
Btw, thanks for taking the time to respond and clear up my confusion. You rock, dude! \m/