Chapter 390: Black and White Impermanence

"Cecelia… I only did it because I was furious when you talked about divorce. I lost my mind for a moment and did something worse than an animal." Silas Jackman sobbed as he spoke. He kept slapping himself across the face, hard, as if he could beat pity out of her with his own palms. "Cecelia, I really know I was wrong. Please. Forgive me." Cecelia Halenkamp did not answer. She simply watched him in silence, like she was observing a performance. After a while, when the slaps earned him nothing,...