Daniel's mouth parted and he looked at her in both surprise and sadness. With a blink he closed it again, a pained expression on his face. "I am so sorry..." He had dealt with women who had lost their lovers and husbands all his life; he saw the pain they went through, the anguish. He could not imagine Daphne to be in such pain.
But how could he ever match up to someone brave and devoted as the man she had once loved? "I do not know what to say."