Get In The Ring, Daddy.
“That would be a really big ‘if’.”
“What if she decides to forgive you?” Samuel presses, nodding positively. “That can happen; it should be a part of the options.”
“Would you ever forgive those who killed your brother?” I ask, gawking at him like his answer is the only hope I’ve got.
“Absolutely not! A thousand times no! Not even if the stars go dark, the ocean evaporates, and time loses all meaning. Not if the fabric of reality depends on it, not if the gods themselves beg me, not if hell freezes over and pigs take over the skies. Not if the universe implodes, not if the mountains crumble, not if the last ember of hope is extinguished! Not even if silence itself screams in agony would the a