“It occurred to me every day.”

“But you didn’t call her.”

“No.”

“Then don’t sit there acting as if Cassandra committed this crime alone.”

Damon absorbed the rebuke. “You’re right.”

Cassandra looked surprised. The Damon she remembered would have defended himself until everyone else was too exhausted to continue. The man at the table seemed to understand that winning an argument wouldn’t give him back the years he’d lost.