"I didn't remember you, so I caught up with one of my old... well, she told me she hadn't seen me in months, which I thought was strange. I remembered having seen her... but now I know that was months ago." He lifted a hand to run over his hair. The guilt was horrible. He wanted to stop talking, to let her rage at him like he assumed she wanted to.
"I'm sorry. I never would have. I just... didn't remember."