"I love you, too," he said, leaning down to kiss her forehead. It felt surreal; like it was another person saying the words. Out-of-body experience or not, though, he knew it was true, and that he meant them, completely.
There were things he would not admit. He refused to examine all of the reasons underlying his anger upon discovering the marriage. If there was something more than he had already explained, he would not admit it, even to himself. But this he would, at least this once. He loved Carrie. She was very important to him.