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Leo took her tearstained face in his hands.

She couldn’t say a word. How could you do this to me? she wanted to wail at him. I gave you everything!

He stroked her hair and, speaking softly, gently, said, “I know I haven’t been much of a husband lately, but the past three weeks have been…difficult. My brother’s death has caused all sorts of problems, problems too complex and numerous to explain. Suffice to say I’ve sorted them out now.”

Brooke listened to this subtly worded confession without a shred of reassurance or forgiveness. How smooth he was, she realized. How clever. How patronizing! “I probably haven’t told you this often enough,” he went on, bending to press his lips into her hair, “but I do love you, Brooke….”

Brooke stopped breathing. How could words so longed for strike like daggers into her heart? For she knew who her husband really loved….