The Sinner's Wish

The whispered words carried a desperate entreaty.

“If you already know it’s wrong, then simply don’t do it,” Sloane said.

“But what if… I’ve already done it? Maybe I didn’t realize at the time it was wrong.” He shifted uneasily. “Sloane, before I met you I wasn’t a good man. I cared about nothing, not even whether people lived or died, but…”

He paused. “From now on I’ll be good. So—no matter what