cutting flowers. I didn’t understand I was destroying things people had built memories around.”
For the first time since the wedding, I believed her apology.
Then Zac surprised both of us.
“I owe Nadia one too,” he said.
He admitted that for years he had asked me to be the reasonable one whenever Kelsey caused problems because he knew I was easier to reason with.
“That wasn’t keeping the peace,” he said. “It was making the kinder person carry the cost.”
Kelsey lowered her eyes.
“I’m sorry.”
The following spring,
