All The Forgivenesses Novels & Stories

"Wonderful. I was almost moved for a second. I didn't expect you to be this kind of man. I will never forgive you. Just wait." I hummed softly. "You pushed me toward someone else with your own hands. Remember that. Do not regret it. Because I will never forgive what you did either." After hanging up, I asked Nora to release a simple statement. It only said that Mira Lane and I were negotiating a divorce. No explanations.

"Deserved none of it. Your forgiveness... miracle." I kissed him emotional, deep. "Earned it. Every day. Patience. Love. Being her Papa best father." He clung, tears wetting my shoulder. "Love you. So much. High school crush to this dream I never deserved." "Deserve now." Whisper fierce. Intimacy followed urgent, healing. Whispers of love, apologies, promises. After, tangled in sheets, he traced my scar. "This life yours. Ours." I nodded, heart full. "Past gone. This home."

Because I bolted. Straight out of his house, towel slipping from my shoulders, rain hammering down on me— Except. The rain had stopped. Like it knew my shame and didn’t even want to cover me anymore. I stumbled down the road, soaked and shaking, the ghost of his mouth still burning against mine, my whole body trembling with how close I’d come to losing myself. “God, forgive me,” I whispered, tears mixing with the leftover rain on my face. But deep down, I already knew forgiveness wasn’t the first thing I wanted.

were like blades piercing his eyes. Alexander stood up shakily and coughed up a mouthful of blood, which splattered onto the divorce papers and the forgiveness coupon box nearby. He then picked up the box. The once-empty box now felt as heavy as a thousand pounds in his hands. He stared at the empty box, his eyes blazing with anguish. When exactly had it become empty? Alexander, who was usually sensitive to numbers, suddenly found his memory of the forgiveness coupons blurring. He remembered Isabella's warning to him. "If the forgiveness coupons are ever used up, I'll take our daughter and leave you forever."

Yet, seeing him kneeling before her, she felt only profound irony and an unsettling tranquility. After a long silence, she finally looked away. "No, Justin," she said. "I don't forgive you." Her decision was made—no forgiveness and no turning back. Justin's hand, holding the ring, trembled imperceptibly. His voice cracked as he looked at her, his eyes pleading. "Why? It was just that one time… Why are you being so unforgiving?" "It wasn't just that one time. You've disappointed me countless times. That incident with Candice was the final straw," Serena said.

"Yes, Evelyn is my wife now. Whether you accept it or not, I'm with her. What happened was an accident. None of us wanted it. Can't you just forgive her?" "How am I supposed to forgive her? I'm your mother! Look at me! Look at my face! I was ruined, and you want me to forgive her?" She grabbed his chin and forced him to look at her disfigured face. Fresh red skin had just begun to grow over the wounds, with black scabs still visible in some places. It was a horrifying sight. When Trevor looked away, Lydia's heart broke. If her son couldn't even bear to look at her, what was the point of living anymore?

They read; ‘Thank you… For Everything. ‘Let bygones be bygones’ ‘I forgive you’ My heart lurched when I read that. She has… forgiven me? And she wants all bygones to remain as bygones? I didn't know when a wide, radiant smile spread across my face as immense joy engulfed me all of a sudden.

“I almost ended my own son. I gave him away because I was scared. I gave him away because I thought I couldn’t be a mother again. I gave him away because I thought silence would protect me. I gave him away because I was selfish. I gave him away because I was weak. I gave him away because I was human.” She looked at them. “I’m sorry,” she said. “I’m sorry I kept him from you. I’m sorry I kept him from myself. I’m sorry I let the lie grow. I’m sorry I let it hurt all of us.” Silence. Then Amara stepped forward. She took Elena’s hand. “I forgive you,” she said. Theo stepped forward. “I forgive you,” he said. Kai stepped forward. “I forgive you,” he said. Nia stepped forward.

"Oh God, please forgive me!" ***