He leans a little into her hand, as if letting her take some of the weight, and just sort of nods through the sympathy.

"... Yeah, I just --" Just what? Had just started to be able to let them go? After a whole month?

God damn it, Kamal. Reachin' new heights of coward every day. He sucked in a breath, spreading the picture out on the bar, smoothing its edges. Trying to ignore the way the heat behind his eyes was making them blur.