She sobbed for a few minutes, unable to speak. She did lean into him without thought. His presence brought her comfort. There were all kinds of emotions rolling through her, a mix of joy and anger and sadness, joy she could marry someone else, she could move on... Sadness for all of his children including hers, and anger for Jacob especially who would have to deal with being treated bad by people over his birth.

Ruth took a shuddering breath and wiped at her wet face. "I don't know yet.... He hurt me... But he hurt Jacob more."

She looked at her friend, her dark eyes tired as they took the sight of his face in. She found herself unable to look away with all the emotions running rampant within her. It was without thought that she found herself closing the small gap if space between them because she needed a moment to rest her head.

She felt dizzy and giddy.