The Healing - A Short Story

A young couple learns that their pasts have a tragic similarity

As it was a fine Saturday afternoon, Terry and Jim decided to park Jim’s Cherokee and walk along the Potomac on the waterfront park. Thus lighthearted, the couple, both in their mid-30s, strolled along and enjoyed the scenery. Across the river, the prosperous, reflective, gray buildings of Rosslyn, Virginia intruded upon its banks. Small motorboats dart…