You're tellin' me. This time two years ago I'd have been glad to be rid of him.

[He was glad to be rid of him. It was one less thing to have to deal with. Even now with their relationship about as patched as it was going to get there were still rough spots neither of them knew how to adequately address.]

He was my best friend. I take that real serious. I'm goin' to keep his things, in case he comes back, but I don't think he will. Probably ought to be grateful I got the chance I did to patch things up.