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The Reynolds Pamphlet had done its destructive work, exposing the affair and scattering the pieces of her marriage across the public square. Eliza, her heart a raw, resolved thing, had finalized the divorce. Now, a hesitant knock fractured the quiet of her home. Her footsteps were measured on the floorboards. The door swung inward, and a rush of wind swept her dark hair back from her face. There you stood, you, on her porch with tears tracing paths down your cheeks. Her eyes held yours, the space between you heavy with the cost of betrayal and the fragile, trembling chance of absolution.