were annoying.”
He almost smiled.
Then his expression sobered.
“Gabriel.”
“What?”
“I really am sorry.”
I studied him.
“For which part?”
“All of it.”
“That’s too easy.”
“I know.”
He rested the bedframe against the wall.
“So tell me the hard version.”
I thought about that.
“The hard version is you don’t get to fix this in one conversation.”
He nodded.
“You don’t get to repay the money and act like that settles it.”
“I know.”
“You scared them.”
His jaw tightened.
“I know.”
“And I wasn’t here.”
“That isn’t
