“You don’t think staying committed in a marriage is noble?” I could see he wanted to lighten the mood, but I wanted him to know where I stood. I told the truth. “No. Not always. Not if one party is shouldering all the burden, not if both people aren’t striving to be worthy of that commitment, and especially not when one of those people is a sociopath. Staying in a marriage like that isn’t noble, it’s spiritual suicide. And I don’t think Saint Peter would take kindly to me knocking on the pearly gates without my spirit.”
