"No," Nathan agreed, and he had been expecting that bottle to swing at his head. He had found himself surprised when it never came, as well. "We can't. And I did think it was over. And it never is, when you think it is. The best I think can do at this point is to not make the same mistake again. And pick up whatever pieces are left to pick at."

He wasn't going to say he was sorry. He didn't deserve the self-indulgence that an apology would bring. Not in the face of what Tyler had been through. Saying he was sorry was too much like asking for forgiveness, and that was something he would never beg of anyone.

He had a slightly twisted view of the world.