I know it doesn’t cover what I took from you.

But I need you to have it.”

I looked at the envelope without touching it.

“The settlement is finished, Christopher.

Legally, you owe me nothing.”

“Morally,” he whispered, a tear tracking down his face, “I owe you everything.

I thought you’d always be there to save me.

I was so blinded by my own ego that I forgot you were the one holding it all up.