“I imagine if one cares for someone, they would be worried about the person being in danger and make an effort to protect them from it.” L said, “Life decisions are guaranteed to leave you with a lot of ‘what if’s?’. Unfortunately, we can’t go back and find out what would have happened if we had made another choice. It is better not to dwell on it, accept the decisions we have made, and look forward to the opportunities the future provides us with.”

It was getting harder to resist the urge to pull his leg away, “There is no reason to feel guilty for it. Though, if you can’t escape doing so, perhaps it is more comforting to assume that he had succeeded in protecting the life he was afraid you’d lose if you had stayed on the job.”