"If you had come back when Selwynn tried to bring you back," he said. "If you hadn't fought him- That was before you killed anyone Lily. We could have got you help," he said. "No one would have sent you anywhere but home."
That had been the second time he'd lost her.
"I can't promise you that you won't be sent back, but I do believe we have enough. We have Severus, we have Stephen, we have evidence that you were under a curse from the start - I do believe that we can get you help." He sighed. "I won't abandon you."