Justice and Mercy: The Oldest Joke in Psychiatry

"Oh, oh," Marianne breathed.

"What?"

"Nobody crosses him and gets away with it!"

Rebecca stared in shock. "What are you talking about?"

Slowly, very deliberately, Marianne said, "You have made a very powerful enemy!"

Rebecca's adversaries surface relentlessly, in supposedly safe havens. Driven by the myth that forgiving must include forgetting, Rebecca teeters at the edge of an ever-darkening abyss of hell on earth. Who brings the greater danger? Or is it something else entirely? Haunting her and Michael in entirely different ways, the deck is stacked against their finding peace together, her deep faith notwithstanding. Even while off on their own in another fresh start, they can't escape the one who warned, "I can find anybody anywhere!"

Part 2 of the Justice and Mercy series tries to find the answer while new questions intrude. The greatest danger is inescapable because, after all, it's The Oldest Joke in Psychiatry.