Forty-FourAn agitated Madison Bouvier paces like a caged lion. “Damn! I can't believe that envelope slipped out of my hands. How sloppy. How incredibly sloppy! If Warren really does have it, everything will come apart at the seams.”
“I hope so, Madison,” Celia says, resolute. “I'm so tired of it all. So tired of lying and pretending.”
“They were powerful lies, Celia. They gave each of us a new start, better than we could have dreamed. We did what we thought was right.”
“For God's sake, Madison! How right can it be to take away a child from two unsuspecting parents? Dear Jesus, what was I thinking in those days? What were you thinking?”
“What choice did we have?” he pleads.
“You could have chosen to marry me, but you didn't have the courage.”
“Ah, Celia. I had nothin' to offer you, th
