The Weight of a Kept Promise and the Fraying Edges of Forgiveness
CHAPTER 1: THE THRESHOLD OF SACRIFICE “He didn’t owe you anything,” Clara said, her voice cutting through the heavy, hot air of the front porch like a dull blade. She stood in the doorway, her black-and-white patterned blouse flat and rigid against the soft, faded blue of her mother’s medical scrubs. “My father died three…