Please tell them I am sorry, but don’t ask them to forgive me.

Tristan.

I read it twice before showing it to the boys.

They discussed it over breakfast with the seriousness of a committee.

“He said sorry,” Liam observed.

“That’s good,” said Asher.

“An email isn’t proof,” Mason replied.

“He didn’t ask us to forgive him,” Caleb said.