I do not pretend it was painless, or that I made the choice lightly.

I made it the way you make every hard strategic choice: by looking clearly at both terrible options, and choosing the one that led, however painfully, to the outcome that mattered most.

Grief heals.

A murderer walking free does not.

I chose to let the healable pain run its course, so that I could permanently prevent the other kind.

Chapter 8 — My Father’s Legacy