A mother near the front wiped her eyes.
Aaron’s voice shook.
“I also judged the man who helped her.”
Every eye went to Silas.
Silas looked at the floor.
Aaron turned toward him.
“Mr. Silas, I owe you my apology in public because some of the judgment happened in public.”
Mrs. Bell shifted in her chair.
Aaron’s voice broke.
“Thank you for standing there when I wasn’t there.”
Silas lifted his head.
For a moment, neither man moved.
Then Silas gave that stiff nod.
“Yes, sir.”
Aaron sat down.
Kinsley took his hand.
Then something happened that none of us expected.
Mrs. Bell stood up.
You could feel the room tense.
She looked pale.
Her phone was nowhere in sight.
“I posted the picture,” she said.
No one breathed.
“I saw Mr. Silas standing outside Kinsley’s house, and I assumed the worst. I thought I was warning people. I thought I was helping.”
