It's nothing. It's... I'm fine. Just needed a place to let off some steam. Things got a little out of––
Control? That's what this is about, right? You're the guy who always keeps it together, no matter what life throws at you. You shake it off, keep moving forward.
Lots of people have it worse.
Eddie, I just wanna make sure you don't think you have to lose everything...before you can allow yourself to feel anything.
No, Christopher needs me to be in control. I'm the only parent he's got left, and I can't let him down again.
When did you let him down before?
God, when did I not let him down? I wasn't there when he was a baby. Stayed away too long, and it broke his mother. Shannon ran away, I...and I couldn't stop her. I couldn't bring her back home. So I brought him here. And let her back into his life.
That's what Christopher wanted.
Yeah, but... but I knew better. She already left once, broke his heart. You know, I was so afraid she was gonna do it again. She did.
She died, Eddie.
Yeah, after she told me she wanted...a divorce. And I'm...I'm still mad. How stupid is that? I'm angry at a dead person and at myself because I forgave her...for everything, and...and it wasn't enough. I wasn't enough.
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