Tristan didn't believe in the man upstairs. But he did believe that people could make incredibly stupid decisions on the belief that something was 'providence'. He had seen how that had worked out for Tobias. There was a slight tremor in his hand as he thought of it. He balled his fist to stop it. He now wished he had stayed out of the whole affair.

And yet, with an alarmingly short memory, he meddled once again: "But tell me. Do you truly care for Miss Danes? And do you truly care for your family?"