She was a nurse. A great person. I loved her laugh. I quit the Army to be with her, but— [ he remembers Mexico, Jessica looking at the television ] 9/11 happened. I knew I had to go back. I didn't ask her to wait for me.

[ That fateful conversation in the airport, right when he was leaving for the CIA. His last chance to get out, to be someone else, and he couldn't say it. ]