"I did not ab-" she started with a growl, but she cut herself off with a thin drawn line of her lips. All right, so she had. But that hadn't been her intention. And he was better off for it, so all the better for both of them. The mob should have killed her. The river should have killed him.
"I just want you to understand. I'm well aware I never was and never will be fit to be a mother, and the best thing for you was to be as far away from me as possible. But I was going to do right by you. I was."