It took a few minutes for his sobs to subside enough to speak again. "I never stopped thinking about her- and them- We were so afraid. It was for the best. But I wish- I wish I could have been with her-" David raised his eyes heavenward for a moment and pressed his lips together. The thought of his children being safe gave him some relief, but some small part of him did feel a loss there too, that he had his chance to know them taken away from him.