HER FATHER PUSHED HER INTO THE FOUNTAIN AT HER SISTER’S WEDDING—THEN HER SECRET HUSBAND WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR

the night without replaying old conversations. Declining calls without trembling. Walking into work without bracing for judgment. Realizing the worst had already happened publicly, and she had survived it.

Alexander never pushed forgiveness.

That was one of the reasons she stayed with him.

He understood that forced forgiveness becomes another form of continue reading …