“We can stop wasting the ones we have.”

PART 15

Friends asked whether I forgave Gregory.

The question always sounded simpler than the life inside it.

I loved him.

I was furious with him.

I remembered hundreds of good mornings and just as clearly remembered his smiling refusal to tell me who was tattooed across his heart.

Our counselor suggested that we separate three things: explaining a decision, taking responsibility for it, and repairing its consequences.