"Yeah. The whole hiding thing kind of puts a damper on the relationship," Jason agrees quietly as he slides his hands into his pockets while they walk. "How can you be close to someone you can't trust?"

He breathes in the air like that will somehow clear out the crowded feeling in his chest. It doesn't really work but nothing does.

"I'm sorry, for the record. Much as I've been angry at him, I'm sorry that he kept so many secrets because it ended up coming between the two of you."

And he's not close with his parents at all. It's the opposite for him, and he knows how difficult, how lonely that feeling is.