After numerous hours of regret, despair, and not understanding, Brent refuses to talk to anyone, attend school, or even come out of his room. In this time Brent is afraid of what will become of him now that he's a convicted killer. He's afraid he won't ever be forgiven and no matter the consequences he will still have to deal with the guilt and regret. Brent killed someone and cannot get over his own denial. He finally submerges from his own world to reality. His family set up a meeting with the family who recently lost lost their loved one to brets fatal mistake. The brief meeting commences. "We're meeting today...to apologize, and to understand, and to atone....We never know all the consequences of our acts. They reach into places we can't
