"It's not like that." Except it was exactly like that. Hanne wanted so much to explain what had happened, that she was Yvaine and Max was Tristan and she hadn't made a new family out of the blue, she'd just found one she'd forgotten for a while.

Hanne touched Max's arm and nodded. "Yeah, one sec." She was clutching the mail to her chest at this point, like it could form some kind of shield to make this all hurt less. It was so hard, not being able to make things better for Diego. "I didn't want... You shouldn't have had to deal with this. I'm sorry, Diego. You know I want you to be happy."