My Dying Husband Asked Me to Adopt a 16-Year-Old Girl—The Day After His Funeral, She Whispered, “He Spent Your Entire Marriage Lying to You”
It was.
It also became a lesson in the limits of good intentions.
Christopher had many good intentions.
That is what makes the story difficult.
If he had hated Sadie, easy.
If he had been stealing family money to support some secret affair, easy.
If he had lived a double life because he enjoyed deception, easy.
He didn’t.