Ryan stumbled, and suddenly things started to make sense. Arwen's indifference finally started to make sense. It all happened after that accident —because she thought he had left her to die. But he didn't. She misunderstood —gravely misunderstood.
How could she even think that he would leave her to die like that? He wondered internally, struggling to find that answer.
Desperate to explain, he looked up at his mother. "Mom, I didn't know she was that badly injured. I thought she would be fine. Believe me, Mom. I truly wasn't aware, and …"
