They were told there would never be another child because Jenny was too badly damaged from the internal injuries caused by the beating. But little Cain thrived from his first breath, and Jenny Riley fell madly in love for the second time in her life. Cain looked down at his son’s mother and felt the urge to cry. He knew that this was his fault, that if he had been a different man, a better man, he would never have pursued a relationship with such a young girl, especially when he was married. But God knew he loved this girl with a power he had not experienced before. It was like she was everything he had ever dreamed of come to life, from her hair, her beauty and grace, to her kindness and her sense of peace that was so different to the women he usually knocked around with. She had an inner strength, and she wasn’t a pushover, but where he was concerned, she thought the sun shone out of him and she bowed to him without a murmur. There were no screaming matches if he was late, no snide comments, or mind games with Jenny.
