I failed him...
I had him within my grasp, and I let him go.
I should have done more!
I should have...

No! We are not killers!
We cannot let them turn us into the animals
they have construed us to be.
Still, when I close my eyes I see LJ's face
and I wonder just what I 'wouldn't' do
to have him back with me,
to have him 'safe'...

I keep seeing the look on his face,
as he realized that we would have to leave him.
I know how worried he was that they would catch us.
And no matter how hard I try,
I can't get the words he spoke out of my head.

"Dad, you have to let me go"!

And I did.
I let him go...

I never should have let him go!
I should have fought for him.
I should have done something more...

But I won't let this be the last of it.
I can't...

They took Veronica...
But they are not going to take my son.