I could feel my resentment trying to simplify the situation.

It wanted Arthur to be entirely cruel, Natalie and Brandon entirely weak, and me entirely correct.

But people did not divide that neatly.

I knew that from my own life.

I had loved my son fiercely and still failed to notice how much his wife was grieving the family she had left.

I had been afraid to ask Paige difficult questions because she seemed happy.

It was possible to care about someone and still leave something important unsaid.