He stood with his back to her, tall and lean as ever, though perhaps a bit thinner

now.

Briony Kensington watched him in silence.

Minutes slipped by without a word.

At last, Briony sighed a sound of release, almost relief.

"Stewart Wentworth, I've made my peace with everything. You shouldn't keep dwelling on the past, either."

Stewart paused, then turned to face her.

He crossed the room and knelt down in front of her, his long, narrow eyes fixed on hers, the corners rimmed with red.

She could tell he'd been crying.

"You've grown more sentimental than before," she said, her tone gentle, teasing, a hint of warmth in her voice.

Stewart's dark eyes reflected her own pale, drawn face.

"Bryn, I know there's no going back for us. After everything that's happened, I realize now how unforgivable so much of my behavior was. I put you through hell, and still, you chose to raise our two children on your own. For that alone, I could never repay you, not in a lifetime."

His voice was low and sincere.

made it through. Stewart, neither of us came from happy homes. Let's learn from that. From

"How so?"

"You're... more human, somehow."

her for a long

he said, "Back then, the medication I was on made me numb. I

Briony nodded. "That's good."

like old friends,

their children who had healed

even divorced couples could survive hardship together, support one another,

again, but they had a shared purpose now. The old wounds and grievances

they would be friends or perhaps something like family,

...

later, Briony's condition had

to

with her pregnancy—a scare that nearly

week of careful treatment, the baby

drove Briony

escorted her to Mary's room, then stepped out to

took a seat beside

her and instantly

much these past days, her

reached for her hand, voice trembling.

baby doesn't have a

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