“I know why you abandoned your kids,” Jasper continued. “I know how you did it, too. You turned yourself around in all kinds of circles, rationalizing to yourself that you were only doing what was best for everyone. They’d be better off without you. They needed more than you could give. A clean break would be the kindest gift you could offer. It would hurt, obviously, but they had their whole lives ahead of them. They’d get over you and move on, and so easily that you felt pretty sure you’d suffer more than they did in the end.”
