The Things They Carried

Cross confessed that he'd never forgiven himself for Lavender's death. O'Brien told him there were certain things that made him feel the same way.

At one point, I remember, we paused over a snapshot of Ted Lavender, and after a while Jimmy rubbed his eyes and said he'd never forgiven himself for Lavender's death. It was something that would never go away, he said quietly, and I nodded and told him I felt the same about certain things.