“Yes, I did,” she whispered, lowering her head in shame.

“And I am so deeply sorry for the pain I have caused you and your family.”

From behind me inside the house, little Leo whispered softly, “Grandpa?”

I turned around to see him standing by Rebecca’s side, watching us.

I looked at my innocent grandson, then thought of my daughter sitting alone in her apartment, and finally looked at the woman standing before me in a wedding dress.

I realized a profound truth at that exact moment.