Where did you get that ring

she had ever offered.

“I’m not ready to forgive you,” he said.

Valerie nodded. “I know.”

“But I’m glad you came today.”

Her eyes filled with tears. This time, they seemed real.

“Me too.”

Mason shouted from across the yard, holding up a toy truck.

“Daddy! Look!”

Alexander turned.

The word no longer wounded him.

It healed him.

He walked across the grass, lifted continue reading …