I Went to Surprise My Husband at Work—His Colleague Looked at Me With Tears and Asked, “He Hasn’t Told You Anything, Has He?”

No Gable connection.

No hidden trial.

His grief had made the current investigation feel like an opportunity to rewrite his brother’s ending.

Therapy helped him see that.

“Mason doesn’t need a villain bigger than the mistake that killed him.”

He told me.

That sentence hurt.

Also freed him.