His finger rubbed hard against the area between his eyes, "Fair enough... had I known from the start, things would be different." He couldn't apologize for what had happened, nor did any the promises, that her life would have been better, made a difference now. For his lack of presence in her life, nothing he said, would completely express how regretful her was, nor would it hold any water. They were just words now. "I don't expect anything to change. But, I would be like for it to." Meaning, he wanted to have some place with her, if she allowed it. Wes knew it wouldn't be like it was with his other kids, but he didn't want to just pretend that there was not this bond between them. That didn't mean he was going to push they matter. The ball was in her court now.
"No, and no. I don't expect you to stick around, if you don't want to." Maybe it would be better, if they kept this short. Sitting around in thoughtful silence would quickly become awkward. It was obvious that neither knew what the fuck to say. Both knew that nothing that was said, would improve the situation. Or erase all that bad that had happened, and replace it with what could have been. Yeah, it was nice to think about how they could have built a proper relationship, shared the same expereicnes, that parent, and child should have. But really, knowing how drasticlly different it was to how things were, it was only painful.
Fuck, if only he could go back... if only things could be different. "If you ever decided you want to talk, doesn't matter when, or what it's about, I'm here." Wes felt he owed her a lot. Though on the larger scale, nothing he did would really matter, he wanted to make some attempt. To at least let her know, that he wasn't going to turn his back on her, if she decided to one day change her mind about this.