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know this is hard for all of us, but let me tell you how I feel. Is that too much to ask?"
    Kevin hung his head, “No, of course not."
    "Larry?” Emily looked at her younger son.
    Larry wiped his hand across his eyes. “Go ahead."
    "First, Larry, I don't want Dad to come home if he doesn't want to be here. Can you understand that?"
    After a heavy silence, Larry said, “Yeah, I guess I can."
    "He will go on being your dad. You will still see him.” She didn't want Larry to think his father was deserting him, too. “He will still be a part of your life, all right?"
    "It's not all right,” Larry answered vehemently, “I don't want you and Dad apart."
    "You don't have a choice. This was Dad's decision to make and he's made it."
    "I'm not hungry, Mom.” A thin line of perspiration beaded Larry's upper lip. “May I be excused?"
    She didn't want him to be alone, not now. “Stay a little longer."
    Standing, Larry declared, “I need to be by myself for a while."
    Kevin intervened. “Let him go, Mom."
    Emily watched as her younger son hurried through the door and toward the stairs. As the sound of his feet racing up the steps died away, she turned to meet her older son's steady stare. She was surprised at the anger she saw there. “Kevin, we can't let this destroy our family."
    "Family, Mom?” Kevin ridiculed. “What family? We're not a family anymore. Dad has seen to that."
    There was no way to salvage her marriage. Emily was striving to accept that fact and deal with it. But she could not, would not, let the fallout from that tragedy rob her of her family, too. “Yes, we are. I'm still your mother. Larry is still your brother. We are still a family unit."
    "And Dad?” Kevin asked bitterly. “What about the patriarch of our little clan?"
    "He has chosen to be with someone else.” A determined note crept into Emily's voice. “But we mustn't, we can't, let that destroy what we have left."
    Kevin's gaze softened. “I'm not thinking straight. I've known about Dad's philandering for a couple of months. I wanted to tell you.” He paused and swallowed. “No, that's not quite true. I felt I should tell you. But I couldn't bring myself to do it. I kept hoping he'd come to his senses. Sometimes I felt that I was a worse traitor than Dad was."
    Kevin's recent actions suddenly became crystal clear. “Is that why you haven't been to the house for such a long time?"
    Kevin hung his head “Yeah."
    "I can understand your position.” Her proud, protective Kevin must have spent the last two months in hell. She could relieve him of some of his guilt. “I respect your decision to keep quiet. Frankly, I don't see how you could have done anything else."
    He let out a long, whistling sigh of relief. “Thanks, Mom, for understanding."
    Emily wiped her eyes with her napkin. “I have to stop thinking of you as a child. You're not."
    "I'm glad you realize that."
    This was even more difficult than Emily had anticipated. “I hope you're adult enough to understand what I am about to say to you."
    "Just don't defend my old man!” Kevin wadded his napkin into a ball and threw it across the table. “I can't stand it when you do that!"
    "This is not about Dad. It's about me."
    He leaned back in his chair. “Give him hell, Mom. Make him pay!"
    Emily drew a long breath. “I don't want this divorce to disintegrate into a nasty name-calling, mudslinging mess. I want to come through it all with some pride left and my self-respect intact. Under the circumstances, I know that will not be an easy task. I'm going to need your help."
    "I never thought of it from that angle.” Kevin's angry gaze melted into one of tender compassion. “What can I do?"
    "Respect my decisions. Don't berate Dad to Larry and try to be as objective as possible."
    It was a long time before he answered. “I can do those things. I was afraid you would ask me to forgive Dad. That's the one thing I can't do."
    "You may change your mind later,” Emily assured him with