Ouroboros Spine every day it's getting higher

His throat burned. He wished for more or better words to soothe her. But all he could say was, "I don't know." The world was a frightening place. Very few things could be counted on for sure. "I think you did everything you could've. You did everything right. She didn't give you no choice on what to think. She ain't given you any reason to trust her, either."

He rested his cheek against the crown of her head.

"She came home, though," he said to her. "And, baby, not everyone does. You know that as well as I do. I don't mean to say you gotta forgive her and make nice just 'cause of that. Just — she must know she's done wrong. She must know she's hurt people. What she probably don't know is whether you want her back here or not. And I think that you do."