"I'm glad you did." It meant that maybe there was something there and he wasn't so one-sided.
"I don't know." He leaned forward, elbows pressed into his knees as he looked down at his feet. "I forgot how much I actually loved her. And for a moment I thought maybe this was repentance for what I'd done to her and to Zoe. I know it wasn't real---you don't have to tell me that." He shook his head, he didn't like this wave of feelings that was overcoming him. He thought if Nike saw that more tender side she might just run with it the same way he had to so many others.