Uncertainty is an excruciating state in which to exist. A moral question that never appeared in my study continues to claim prominence in my mind: Is it possible to look someone you love in the eye and tell a lie without experiencing remorse?
Dr. Shields sees the world in black and white. It’s difficult for Dr. Shields to understand shades of gray - the compromises, white lies, or character failings - that nearly every relationship contains to one degree or another. This question is pivotal, because, had Dr. Shields not needed to pose it and prove its answer one way or another, beyond a doubt, Jessica would never have become ensnared in such a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal.
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