Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

i went inside then and in a moment he was gone. i watched him from the window as he went down the street. he was whistling softly and i waited until the sound faded away so i couldn't tell if it was he or my heart whistling out there in the night. and then he was gone, completely gone.

i shivered. somehow the darkness seemed changed. the stars were little hard chips of light far up in the sky and the moon stared down with a sullen yellow glare. the air was tense with a sudden cold and a gust of wind swirled his footprints into the white oblivion. everything was quiet.

but he'd said, "i'll call you." that's what he said—"i'll call you." i couldn't sleep all night.

which word best describes the tone of this excerpt from daly's "sixteen"?

a) ashamed
b) confused
c)disappointed
d) hopeful