Chapter 28 - THE FINAL LETTER
Years later, Ethan received a letter from Sabrina.
She asked for forgiveness.
She claimed prison had changed her.
She said she regretted what she had done.
Ethan read the letter.
Then he showed it to Grace.
“What do you think?”
Grace didn't answer immediately.
“Do you forgive her?”
“I don't know.”
“You don't have to.”
Ethan nodded.
“What about Lily?”
“Let Lily decide whether she ever wants to hear about it.”
They did not hide the letter.
But they did not force it into Lily's life.
Ethan placed it in a sealed legal file.
Sabrina's punishment belonged to the court.
Forgiveness belonged to the people she had harmed.
No one owed it to her.
That night, Ethan looked at Grace.
“I used to think forgiveness meant opening the door.”
Grace shook her head.
“Sometimes forgiveness means closing the door without hatred.”
Ethan smiled.
“I like that.”
May you like
“So do I.”
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