“Do you know how impossible it is to not want to right all your wrongs?” She laughs, but there is no humor in it. “I am my own hero. Scars are simply souvenirs you collect along the way. They make you tougher and you learn from them. I’ve learned some lessons the hard way and some the soft way. That’s all I could do. But I don’t need my boss or his guilt to swoop in and save my day. Frankly, I prefer you when I find you to be an insufferable ass instead of like this.”

