before running away.
Amos had tried to transform the man investigating him into the main suspect.
For several weeks, Daniel and I slept poorly. Every sound outside made me look toward the window. Every unexpected phone call tightened my chest.
Gradually, normal life returned.
Daniel began attending counselling, not because he had committed the crimes, but because surviving them had changed him. He carried guilt for endangering me and for believing he could control everything alone.
I had my own anger to work through.
Love did not erase fear.
Relief
