Chapter 43: Choosing to Forgive

Through the peephole, Lana Hayde saw that the man outside was her husband, Taylor Rathbone. Heat rose in her chest the instant she recognized him. She didn't want to open the door, but leaving him out there was pointless; Taylor would keep knocking. Still, she didn't unlatch it right away. She pulled her neatly folded clothes out of their clear dry-cleaning bag and rumpled them, then slipped into the bathroom, soaked her hair, and lathered up with shampoo until she smelled like it. If he saw the...