“I thought distance would keep you away from the people hunting the financial records.

I told myself that if I came back too early, all the sacrifices would be wasted.”

“That was not your decision to make for me.”

“I know that now.”

“No,” I replied, shaking my head.

“You knew it then.

You were just more frightened of what might happen than of what you were doing to me.”

She accepted the accusation without defending herself.