... I should have called you, too. I know that. Jughead tried, but you didn't pick up, but I should have tried, too.

[ Archie still doesn't know that for her, answering the phone is impossible now. Just as Archie is freed, Betty is imprisoned. ]

I just... Saying good-bye to Veronica was hard enough. I didn't think I had it in me to say good-bye to both of you on the same day. I know that's really cowardly of me. But I was going to, Betty. I swear.

[ It was just that... aside from his dad, Betty was the one constant in his life. Once he let go of her, once he said good-bye to her, it would have all really been behind him. ]