I should have handled that differently.”
She nodded.
“Thank you.”
I looked at her.
“For what?”
“For saying that.”
She slipped the locket back into its pouch.
“I was afraid if I mentioned it, you’d think I was blaming you for what happened.”
“Both of us made decisions.”
“Yes.”
“And your decision to exclude me came first.”
Lauren nodded.
“I know.”
That mattered too.