Excuses because she was afraid of the burgeoning intimacy between them, the changes that were exhilarating and frightening at the same time. Changes that threatened to tear down the walls of the past. The walls that had felt safe, yes, but that had also established a distance between them. Was she ready to get to know her husband without the security of retreat? After Adam’s close brush with death and the ensuing weeks of uncertainty, she realized she was tired of being afraid. Tired of hiding. Whatever lay in the journey ahead, she would explore it…by her husband’s side.
