When he looked at her with that combination of hurt, anger, and distrust, she realized how you must have felt. She gasped for forgiveness and was choked by resentment. His sadness was palpable. The end discredited the beginning and her. He interrogated every "I love you" she'd ever spoken. He charged them though they were innocent. He dissected every moment, looking for contradictions. He searched her eyes as if the woman he knew was lost in her distance and resolve. There was nothing she could say. She cannot forget that violent, lacerating sound; his heartbreak still haunts her. She lacked grace for you until she stood in those breaker's shoes. His pain is as meaningful as her own, and your reasons for leaving are equally valid.
