How about this? You don't know what my mother went through. What we went through. I only did what I did for my mother's sake, because then they would go after her, and she didn't deserve that. I thought I could handle the punishment set forth upon us because of my father's failings. We know that proved to be wrong.
I don't want nor need an easy life, but I'm not the only one who should be apologising here, Aunt. Potter, when he was here, seemed to understand that and we came to understand each other a bit better than I'd thought.