"Your family?" Kate asked the question quietly, something in her eyes reflecting just a bit of surprise and hurt. "I think of them more as our family."
"You let me go because I asked you to do it," she said simply. "I told you I needed some space and at least for the first few days, you gave it to me. I doubt that lasted very long, but I ended up here and have no idea what happened after that."
"I didn't let you help me because I wasn't going to risk your life over my obsession. I was scared it would get you killed, and I think....." Kate paused for a moment, trying to come up with the right word to explain herself. "I think I was ashamed, too. Ashamed that I was putting the investigation ahead of you and our life together. At the time it was safer, and easier, to just leave you out of it all and try to do it myself."