"Sometimes I think you could have been him." And boy, is that the least flattering thing possible to say. It's a good thing he wouldn't have left it there, event or otherwise. "Just - desperate to uncover the truth, trying to help, and I know you wouldn't have made his mistakes, but the fact that he started looking for answers at all was the biggest mistake and I know that."

The last words feel as though they might have been wrenched from him, pried out of his chest like someone just tried to tear out his ribs. God, but she could have been him.