“I should just shut my fucking mouth right now. But you were right to leave me. As long as you live in my world, you’ll always be a part of it, which means you could be a victim of it…as we just learned.” He looked away. “You were right to want a law-abiding citizen with a nine-to-five. You were right to fucking run from me.” He swallowed and let out a sigh. “If I were a better man, I would do the right thing and walk away…but I fucking can’t.” His eyes watered momentarily. “I can’t fucking do it.”
