Regret.
“I don’t expect forgiveness,” he said.
“I know.”
“But I hope someday we can be brother and sister again.”
I looked across the room at Eli, who was sitting on the bed coloring quietly.
The same crayons.
A new box.
A fresh start.
“I don’t know,” I answered honestly.
“But maybe someday.”
Months passed.
Lisa eventually accepted a plea agreement related to the assault charge.
Chief Miller resigned from his position shortly afterward.
Not because anyone forced him.
Because he believed accountability started with him.
As for the Silver Star, military historians managed to restore much of it.
