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How could one man cause so much hurt when he wasn’t even around anymore?
Helplessness had Rachel wrapping both arms around her middle as she took in the reactions of the rest of the Fergusons to the letter Jonah had just read them.
Tears streamed down Rebecca’s cheeks. “Why wouldn’t he tell me? We could have done something. We could have left. We could’ve started over somewhere. Yeah, I’d have had to leave my business, but that would’ve been preferable to losing my marriage and the family we’d built. Why did he think this was the only option?”
What must it be like for her to hear all this? As far as Rachel knew, Rebecca had made peace with her husband’s original betrayal. Was it somehow worse finding out that the man she’d married wasn’t as bad as everyone had made him out to be, bu
