Epilogue
Christmas at the Fairfax house was magic. Martin could not deny it. He had spent so many years avoiding the cheer of the yuletide season but that was impossible now. He watched Livvy chase his nephew across the snow covered grass, throwing snowballs at one another. He laughed when she slid and fell on her bottom in the snow and Jeremy pounced on her. They both rolled, laughing in delight.
“She’s wonderful, Martin. Just as you said.” Helen spoke from beside him. She held her daughter in her arms and the toddler was playing with a lock of Helen’s blonde hair.
“I didn’t ever think…” His throat constricted. “That I would be able to forgive what happened to our parents, what happened to us.”
Helen smiled and waved a hand to him. “Let me show you something.” She took him to a small
