Chapter 6 - Six Years After the Divorce, Elena Finally Told Roman the One Part of the Story She Had Never Put in the Evidence FileShe told him at midnight.
“You need to know why I stayed away.”
Roman listened.
“I could have asked you for help.”
“I know.”
“I could have gone to the police.”
“I know.”
“I could have gone public.”
He nodded.
“But I had the children.”
“Yes.”
“And I had no idea who inside your family I could trust.”
Roman swallowed.
“You didn't trust me.”
“I trusted the man I married.”
He looked down.
“That man disappeared.”
“So did you.”
The words hurt.
He accepted them.
Elena continued.
“I stayed because I wanted the children to know you without inheriting your fear.”
Roman looked at her.
“That was your final reason?”
“No.”
“What was?”
She took his hand.
“The day I found out the children had your eyes, I knew I couldn't raise them to hate you.”
He stared.
“You never taught them to hate me.”
“No.”
“Why?”
“Because that's not what love does.”
He closed his eyes.
That sentence broke him.
The man who had spent six years believing Elena was his enemy finally understood that she had been protecting his image for their children even while she was hurting.
He kissed her forehead.
She didn't pull away.
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It wasn't forgiveness.
But it was something.
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