“I wanted to put aside the resentment between us, but I realize that a share of it is mine as well. All these years, I resented you so deeply for crumbling, for not feeling the same pressure or sense of duty that Father beat into me. Instead, I used you. I have behaved monstrously toward you.” His expression grew haunted. “My duty should have been to you, not to what Father would have wanted me to preserve. You are the only family I have left. For that, I am truly sorry.”
