Tommy rests his hand on her head, curling his fingers through her hair.
If I'd done things different
he might still be alive.
He sighs deeply.
"Listen. Things just happened the way they did, and you couldn't change them then, and you can't change 'em now. But don't ever listen to anybody who tells you that you were wrong, or that it was your fault. I know it's hard, though. When nobody's there to tell you that it ain't, you start believing it. Even when you tell me it ain't my fault that Jimmy died, or Connor-- it's hard to hear it. But-- y'know, for that moment in time, you start to think-- maybe it really isn't."
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If I'd done things different
he might still be alive.
He sighs deeply.
"Listen. Things just happened the way they did, and you couldn't change them then, and you can't change 'em now. But don't ever listen to anybody who tells you that you were wrong, or that it was your fault. I know it's hard, though. When nobody's there to tell you that it ain't, you start believing it. Even when you tell me it ain't my fault that Jimmy died, or Connor-- it's hard to hear it. But-- y'know, for that moment in time, you start to think-- maybe it really isn't."