"No," he blurts, looking up sharply. "No, leave him alone. You - you don't understand."

No one does. No one understands what they've been through. He was all Tim had, and he left him behind, once, twice, finally and permanently, except not.

"I don't know," he moans, covering his face back up. "I don't know what to do. It's too much of a mess."