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I closed my eyes, lost in the warm feel of Sam’s strong fingers in my hair, in the memory of how he’d done the same thing on our second date and in our second year and last week. And in the end, wasn’t that the key to marriage? Learning to pretend that a few unspoiled things could make up for all the broken ones.
Besides, everything was always so mercilessly black-and-white to Carolyn—she could afford that luxury. She’d been able to live her life without worrying about how to survive.
And I was getting married. After all these years, I was getting a family back.
“Forgiveness is a side effect of love,�
Standing there watching him sleep, I wasn’t even angry anymore, only overwhelmed by grief. Alcoholic or not, Sam was still smart and kind and passionate. Seeing him across a room still made my heart pick up speed. My life had begun again when I met him. And yet none of that meant we should stay together. I’d been so foolish to think love could change the essential nature of anything.
