"Nothing, maybe we can start on good terms," Jackson said with difficulty, struggling to find the right words.

He himself didn't know what they could start over. Now both were older and so many years had passed, it didn't even sound like a good proposition.

Lima gasped. "You're joking, right? After so long you want to give us a chance? What happened to giving chances in all these years?"

"I was angry and in pain. I never looked at it from your perspective," Jackson said. "Now when I think ...