Unconditional Forgiveness

Alistair's illness wasn't anything serious, so they just prescribed some medicine and left.

I looked at Alistair, thinking maybe he wasn't that bad off last night—maybe that fever this morning was just because he overdid it.

I never expected that even while sick, he could still throw out barbs that sting.

Alistair noticed me staring and couldn't help but smile. "What's up?"

I looked away and said