Lito cannot even say this aloud to himself. He doesn't think he can confess to strangers, especially not those inside his own head. He has so many secrets now, he thinks, but this one is straightforward. "I was a coward," he says quietly. "And I was left, because of it. Deservedly so. And now Daniela is in trouble and I am alone," Lito complains, ignoring the cookies because he does have to watch his figure.

Forlorn, he slumps forward and wishes, not for the first time, for Riley to be in his head and to teach him how to bear with this grief.