“Yes.” Liam’s answer was simple, direct. “Certainly they mean something, if only for the sheer numbers and apparent similarities between them.” Ben had yet to mention his own had that facet, but others certainly had. “And I understand being shaken to the point of wanting to be active rather than passive in the situation. While the gun would not be my first choice, I see the motivations. As I see the motivation to get rid of it and focus instead on working this through with your wife.”
He was always careful to never use the words ‘broken’ or ‘repaired’. They were too complete a term; no marriage was fully whole or broken, and the concepts of being finished and done didn’t signify in relationships. “So yes. I believe you are still rational.”