"It is, but I had my chance years ago. I had foolishly hoped that... Helen badly wanted a family on the island and I don't believe that her husband did. I had foolishly hoped that this would become enough of an issue for them to separate."

In retrospect it had been desperate and foolish of him and could only end in the heartbreak he was feeling now. It was nothing short of what he deserved.

"Bringing along with her the man on the island I hate the most when she told me about it did little to make the revelation go easily."