He didn’t get married again.
Nor did he allow the experience to make him a distrustful and bitter man.
He reconciled with his children and began to spend more time with them and his grandchildren.
She also helped Emily find a more stable way to work while her mother was receiving the treatment she needed.
One Sunday, while the whole family was gathered in the garden, George lifted his lemonade glass.
“For a long time I thought having money meant having everything,” he said. Then I thought that having a young wife meant that life was giving me a second chance.
He looked at his children.
“Now I know that a second chance is not to find someone who fills an empty house. It consists of learning to recognize who is next to you when you no longer have anything to gain.
Sarah hugged her father.
And George understood something he would never forget:
