Chambers Island: A Story of Cheating and Revenge

by Richard Brown

“I’ve heard that marriage is like a deck of cards. In the beginning all you need is two hearts and a diamond. By the end, you want a club and a spade.”

How true

that hate is not the opposite of love. The opposite of love is indifference.

Also blindingly true.

They say time heals all wounds. That’s a platitude, not a truth. Time doesn’t heal, it dims the memory. The sharp emotional cuts scab over, hidden behind the more immediate concerns of today.

This author is brilliant

The wounds heal. And, though scars remain, the more distant in time the memories, the more the present overwhelms the past. With conscious effort, in time, the past drifts into shadows, trespasses ignored, and the present accepted as the new reality.

continuation of previous highlight.

that the extramarital sex was not the central problem for Cindy and Brad. Happy marriages are not limited to those who are monogamous. There are happy swingers, polygamists, polyamorous, etc. A third of the world (Muslims) have a religion that permits four wives. But, no matter what the sexual paradigm in a relationship, without mutual respect, trust and loyalty, love dies. In the final analysis, if you can’t trust your partner, you don’t have a partner.

5 stars right there.