“Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.” “Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.”“Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.”(Proverbs 10:12, English Standard Version) * * * Now: Now:The Pretender considered her surroundings. She had come here to escape her pain, her history; all the private tragedies from which she had needed refuge. She had expected to find a safe haven; a harbour in which to finally release every breath she’d been forced to hold during the long, empty years that had preceded her arrival; a port to shelter from the storm. What she had never expected to find was love. It had come to her suddenly and unexpectedly. After years of believing she would only ever have herself to rely on, the Writer had stumbled into her life. She

