Thomas the Believer

Thomas never doubted his wife. He would have been better off if he had. Instead, he defiantly disregarded all signs of her betrayal. He laughed in indignance at the concerned efforts of the boys at the firehouse. He shrugged off his daughter's suspicions as high school drama seeking to gain root in his happy home. No, he trusted Sherry. He had to. Couple's can't survive travel and schedules like theirs without it. He was proud of his blind faith. Proud of his unabashed hope. So the day his coworkers' fears were validated, his daughter's suspicions confirmed, he felt as though gravity itself had betrayed him. The world spun beneath his feet, threatening to toss him out of its gravitational pull. Nothing could be trusted. Especially not himself.