I left my wife outside in the freezing cold because my sister yelled, “That woman is using you”; when I opened the balcony door I found a fingerprint, a cigarette butt and an unfinished letter, but what destroyed me the most was knowing who those $8,000 were really for.

“I tried to save him.”

“I know,” Liam replied.

“Nobody believed me,” she said softly.

Liam lowered his head. “Me neither.”

She took a deep breath, and a tear rolled down her temple. “That was the most painful part.”

Liam sat down next to the bed, but didn’t try to touch her. “I’m not here to ask for your forgiveness today,” he said. “I have no right. I’ve continue reading …