It's an apology she never thought she would have gotten, even if it doesn't have the words "I'm sorry" in it, but it's as lose as she might get. Unfortunately, it doesn't make her feel like less of a fool in the aftermath, but it does make her feel better, that he understands why she's upset.

She takes a deep breath, just focusing on her breathing and doing her best to keep it together, because she doesn't want to cry, over this, again. She shed all the tears that she was going to for Oliver Queen a long time ago, and now she needs to move forward.

"Is there anyone else that I need to worry about crawling out of the woodwork? Just ... I don't want to be blindsided again, Oliver."