He felt her hand upon his shoulder and shifted away from it. "No, it isn't. Don't you see. I've always been there to protect you two, and I couldn't this time. I felt so powerless. You were always the smart one out of us, and you couldn't make it back, what could I do? If only you had been here, maybe.... I don't know, but maybe things would have been diffrent. Don't you see sis, I failed all of you. Mom, dad, the both of you, all I could do is stand by and watch." He still hid his face, tears freely flowing now, his breath coming in short gasps instead of steady intakes.