It would've been too easy to lie and say that Ginny threatened her with violence if she spilled her secret. Or maybe she could've said she was forced into a vow that she couldn't reveal the truth. Before any suitable lie could be fully formed in her mind, she stopped herself. The secrets were exhausting and mentally taxing. And besides, he deserved to know. She couldn't keep a secret any longer simply because she was afraid of how the revelation might affect her. Hadn't she spent enough of her life being selfish? It was time she was fully honest, damn the consequences.