I think it's meant to be kinda ambiguous as to whether or not they made a mistake. I think Laura's basically saying that she doesn't know whether they did or didn't. She's saying that she doesn't know, but that keeping the name in her pocket is her way of remembering, so that she can try to learn for next time. And I think she shows him the paper as a way of saying to him that she understands how he's feeling, but that the ultimate responsibility for whether they made a mistake or not lies with her, not him, and she's going to try to do whatever she can to learn from it and not put him in that position again.
And I think Lee's relief comes from the fact that Laura's basically ... taking responsibility for it? And not only that, but that he knows that he can trust her to learn from it. I don't think he felt that with his dad. I think what Bill said to him was more a case of "It's irrelevant whether it was a mistake or not. We did it and now we move on." Whereas Laura is saying "We'll never know if it was a mistake, but I need to remember what we did so that I don't do it again." Which is far more Lee's POV on it. Some of that relief comes from knowing that there's someone who 'gets it'.
That was very rambly. Sorry. I'll try to explain better if that doesn't answer your question.
And I think Lee's relief comes from the fact that Laura's basically ... taking responsibility for it? And not only that, but that he knows that he can trust her to learn from it. I don't think he felt that with his dad. I think what Bill said to him was more a case of "It's irrelevant whether it was a mistake or not. We did it and now we move on." Whereas Laura is saying "We'll never know if it was a mistake, but I need to remember what we did so that I don't do it again." Which is far more Lee's POV on it. Some of that relief comes from knowing that there's someone who 'gets it'.
That was very rambly. Sorry. I'll try to explain better if that doesn't answer your question.
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