“What she did know, unfortunately, was that she had to reconsider everything she'd ever willed herself to believe about her husband.”

“Whatever her husband had done, it couldn't be as bad as what she herself had done.”

“Plus she had to admit that a small part of her secrecy was that she was holding something back, for herself. If she never told Dexter the truth, she was still reserving the right to return to her old life. To one day be a covert operative again. To be a person who could keep the largest secrets from everyone, including her husband, forever.”

“That was not her husband; she knew him, and that was not him. But of course she didn’t really know him.”

“So she forgave him. And instead she berated herself for her suspicion, for her snooping. For the things she promised herself she wouldn't do, the feelings she wouldn't have.”

“After all, she herself had done the very worst thing imaginable. And she was a good person. Wasn’t she?”

“The new man was again staring at her, staring at him, challenging her, knowing that she was considering him, wanting her to know that he was considering her. She couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to be with a man who absolutely didn't need her, but merely wanted her.”