KENDRICK 

"No way you are beating yourself up for this. You cannot blame yourself for doing the right thing. She did what was wrong and you showed her you could not take it, and I see nothing wrong with that except that things have turned out this way. Things happen and that's okay." 

The only sound that came out of the room was the sound of Ace pacing back and forth as his boots clicked against the wooden floor. My mind was far elsewhere. I couldn't stop thinking about her- about how fragile she looked back there at the hospital and how hateful she'd sounded back in her room. I...