Healing is disappointing if you expect fireworks.
Mostly it is people finally having conversations they should have had years earlier.PART 9 – Five Years Later
Five years after Rachel came back for her nursing bag, I received a letter from Daniel.
By then he had served his sentence and was living in another state under post-release supervision.
He had written before.
I had never responded.
This letter was different.
Short.
Emily,
I used to tell myself cancer changed our marriage.
That was easier than saying I changed when I became afraid.
I kept reading.
I believed I deserved access to your money because my business was failing and because I had supported us before. I believed being your husband meant I could decide what was best when you said no.
When you got sick, I saw your weakness before I saw your fear. I hate admitting that.
Then:
I took your medication. I lied about it. I used the missing pills as proof that you were confused. I knew you were not incompetent. I needed other people to think you might be.
