He was shaking his head even as she spoke. There was no way he was going to look at that every day and be able to stand himself. Maybe that was what she wanted. Brooks was a terrible person, but even he couldn't do this to Effie. She deserved better than this, better than him, so he wouldn't do that to her. "I won't." His old beat up watch worked just fine. It was a good reminder of how far he'd come from where he'd started. He probably could afford to buy himself a nice new one, but he didn't think he wanted to give her the satisfaction either.

"It's crossing a line, Mor." He warned, hoping she would listen. He couldn't explain the watch away to Effie. Well he could, but it would be lying and he did enough of that, was trying to cut down, trying to be a better person.