Cole shakes his head. No, he's pretty sure on this one, and is about to explain why to Rita. "If a what-if is large enough, it matters more than the what-haves. What if I did something differently? What if I chose a different path? What if I knew my father?"

He adjusts his position slightly, shifting from putting his weight on one foot to another. "It isn't bad. It just is."

People will always wonder about what could have happened. That's just a way of life.