Leaving Hurt

"...But it didn't hurt as much as knowing that every day that I was away, you felt a little more guilty, that you would feel more like it was your fault, that you weren't good enough. But I couldn't come back, not right away. I had my reasons for leaving, demons greater than my guilt, questions too vast not to seek their answers. I should have told you, but would you understand? Would you have forgiven me?"

"...Do you forgive me now?"

(family reunions hurt, someone save me)