"I know you have," Elisha said. "You don't have to spell it out for me to be able to tell." For all it seemed that the problem with he and Ty was that they didn't understand each other, the real issue was that they understood each too well.

That was how he knew it was better to take another tack with Ty. He was going to blame himself; nothing was going to change that. "He has to be struggling," he said. "I know Gael's got to be trying, but between his recovery and probably not really getting it..." Elisha shrugged. "I doubt Carlos really knows how to deal with coming home."