Mary Gibson

It was because of Nora and what she suspected Martin still felt for her.

She’d learned the folly of pinning her hopes on someone else to give her a better life, but she’d also learned her own power.

She was back where she’d started, poorer by a dream, richer in knowledge

She would hold on to that as she rebuilt her life.

but it appears he took his own life

She’d loved him – just not enough to let him kill her.