Chapter 118

• In the days after Lucette told him about her childhood, Ariston found himself going over what she’d said and connecting the dots that before had seemed no more than a scattered, random design of inexplicable behaviour.
• He was starting to understand why Lucette had decided to marry for the sake of their child.
• After a childhood like hers, he could see how the stability of a family life was something she would want to provide for her child...even if they didn’t love each other.