Chapter 44

I knew why, the cause of the change. I waited until we were seated and had ordered. "It's not his fault," I said. Trina looked up from her phone. "Tyler not being how I said. It's not his fault." "How is that not his fault?" she asked incredulously. I couldn't look her in the eye. "Because I'm the one who chose to leave. Tyler and I were close when we were kids, then I left and he never heard from me again. He thought I was dead. You know better than anyone how the death of someone you love can change you." "Don't," she growled and I looked at her. "That was a long time ago. And the two don't compare. I lost everyone I knew, he lost one person." "You're right, they don't compare," I agreed. "You had someone to help you through it. Some who knew the pain you felt." She slammed her hands down on the table and glared. "Look around, you know all these people. They didn't die and you didn't lose them. You have no idea what it