Chapter 78

Having been thrown into a position where he had sensed a possible disorder in his life and meaning in his relationship with the people around him and the people who were not around him, having accepted the moral guilt and responsibility for his bad habits because it had made him feel free for the first time in his life; having felt in his heart some strange need to be at home with his wife, Sophia and his nephew, Liam, Mark no longer saw the use of running away from the people who were after him. He no longer saw the use in running away from the people that he owed money.

With a strong act of will springing from the deep part of his existence, he turned away from his life and the tired line of disastrous consequences that had flowed from his bad decisions and looked wistfully upon the bright faces of the ancient truths that his brother, Henry spoke about the last time they had a serious conversation through a phone call.

And yet, despite thinking about Henry’s words, his