Saying that Carter was stunned when he felt Abby start to rub his shoulders and brushed his hair out of his face. It felt nice, comforting. At her words of 'I'm sorry' he realized what he was doing. He pulled his hands away from his face slightly and violently brushed the tears off of his face and in that same broken tone,
"Geez, Abby I'm sorry, I don't want to dump all this on you, I didn't mean to. I just...I haven't really cried about this yet...I guess it just finally hit me again. She didn't want me...she wanted me to think she was dead...she was in front of me all this time and...she got close to me...she lied to me all this time. My own mother." Now he didn't know for certain if Grace had told Abby about his mother debacle, but he assumed she did...at least most of it. Not the most recent development. He still couldn't say it. Madison...was his mother. He started wheezing and fumbled in his pocket for his inhaler to take a few puffs to regulate his breathing. The tears threatened to start again so he leaned into Abby slightly, seeking whatever comfort she was willing to give.