Thanks be to EBT.


"I know I did a lot of shitty things over the past year, Angela. I don't," he clears his throat, "know how exactly to make any of this right again with Bella. But I do know that I owe you an apology."

My heart pounds.

My ears ring.

My eyes water.

"I knew what I was doing was wrong, that I was going to lose Bella because of it. And I took that out on you. I treated you like shit. I made you the punching bag in all of this, because I couldn't deal."

He takes a deep breath.

"I'm sorry."