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ForgedCrank

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12. I suppose there are a lot
Sat Dec 11, 2021, 06:30 PM
Dec 2021

of variables and personal opinions that would drive the answer to a tough question like this.
I don't believe I would have called the police, but I would have been either in my car on the way over there immediately, or calling someone who was close to her to do the same if I couldn't get there quick enough.
The fact that your friend is talking about it, regardless of how drunk, is a serious matter that probably should be addressed. Think of it this way, a lot of people (and I mean a lot) work up the "courage" do do it by getting drunk or something first. Even if she doesn't feel the same way sober, she may wind up drinking again and acting on her feelings in that moment. It's a very dangerous and very difficult position to be in, but there is no mulligan in that game.
So in the end, if you had no other method of dealing with it, I don't think you had much of a choice. You can explain to her one day, when she's willing, that the small chance of NOT acting and finding out the next day that she was dead was a risk that you weren't willing to take with her life.
I hope you are able to mend things in time.

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