He doesn't have to, sure, but he's going to be remorseful anyway. Hindsight is twenty-twenty, and he's always thinking about how he could have done something differently. Better. This is no exception--he should have been truthful with her from the start. Not all of it would have been avoidable, but perhaps Lena would have been better prepared. Maybe they could have figured something out.

Jack sighs, shoulders sagging.

"All I'm doing is apologizing to you."

It feels like the only thing he's done since she arrived.