Chapter 10

The most recent one was when he missed Julia's birthday. Then, during the car accident, he had protected Catherine and let Julia get hurt instead. And before that, when they were kidnapped, he chose to save Catherine first, and Julia lost their child because of that. The list went on and on. Catherine had carelessly broken the framed photo Julia had placed in his office. He had used the very first forgiveness card to defend her. The wooden box crashed to the ground, spilling the shredded cards all over the floor. Keith stood dazed. Only now did he realize that Julia hadn't cheated. All one hundred forgiveness cards had really been used up. He suddenly recalled what Julia had said the night before—something that had seemed strange at the time. He had wanted to ask but never got the chance. "Are you sure you want to use the most important card on something so trivial?" she had asked. Now he understood. The most important card she mentioned was the very last forgiveness card. He c