Frustration? Sadness? Pity? Loneliness? Anger? I felt them all. It must have been hard for her... very hard crying all alone while he... while he...
I want to be glad he did her right at the end, but strangely, I am not so sure. Feels like she needed to hear those words and feel those emotions when she was well.
And that's the rub. That's the guilt. He can never take those years back. He can never erase the past. Not only is it too late, but you can't undo what has been done.
The essence of guilt, and you capture it beautifully in your comment. Thank you for reading with such insight, @balikis95.