No one retold it at weddings.

That restraint was one of the best things our family learned.

People are entitled to dignity even when circumstances are extraordinary.

PART 62 — THE PENDANT RETURNS TO GABRIEL

At twenty-seven, Liam took off the pendant.

Handed it to his father.

Gabriel looked stunned.

“I gave this to you.”

“I know.”

“You don’t want it?”