At least now he understood that things aren't as simple as they seem, and he was uncertain about the previous things he was confident. He needed time to sort through the mess, and without a clear picture, he didn't want to punish Rylee and divorce her. What if she was wronged by someone?
He sighs in frustration with whatever is haunting him. He needed a plan, an urgent plan before he ended up regretting it his whole life or before Rylee's hatred of him forced her to run from him.
What about Maria now? His conscience reminded him.
“I screwed up for her, and now I'm not even sure I was right to make her suffer like this,” he rubbed his temple as the pain worsened with every thought.
“I tried to stay away from her, but I failed. I can't live without her, and I'm not going to leave her, ev
