Chapter 23 - Trust Without Power Victor volunteered with violence-prevention organizations.

Under supervision.
No control.
No authority.
That mattered.
One evening he asked Lily:
“Do you forgive me?”
She considered it.
“Not completely.”
Victor nodded.
Years earlier, that answer might have angered him.
Now he simply said:
“Fair.”
Lily realized something.
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He had stopped trying to purchase absolution.
That was the first moment she believed his change might last.
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