"You're allowed to cry, you know. I'm not gonna think any less of you or something. That'd be fucked up."

He cried when his uncle died, however briefly. Richie knew full well what it was like to need to keep your shit together around certain other people.

He didn't particularly want to be one of those people. Not to her, anyway.

And she's right. It does have to be worth it. Losing his uncle, then losing Kate, it had to mean something. That's why he hadn't given up on finishing taking over his operation. Then again, he'd just ended up here, but now Kate was still alive.

Wonderland did love to make things complicated.

"Yeah. Me too." He backs up a couple steps, not wanting to bail, but pretty sure she wants some alone time. "Get some rest, alright?"