The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the United States Navy Adventure

What do you do when you are betrayed by someone you trusted? How do you reckon with knowing that they are capable of betraying you? How do you reckon with knowing that you are capable of being betrayed? Can you ever really trust them again once the trust is broken? Certainly, people can change, but does it not follow that they can get worse? They can betray you again in ways that you did not dare to fathom? So what is the balm? Should you never trust again? Surely that is not the life we shall aspire to. But what is the alternative? Blindly taking the hand of those who offer theirs up. Supplicating yourself to those whose truth is known only to themselves. Perhaps we should have seen this coming. The path was rocky and filled with obstacles that we turned a blind eye to in our delight (and our arrogance). But now we are left with all that we have known, shattered in our hands, cutting deep wounds into our palms as we clutch in anguish to that which we once held dear. There is a grief that cannot be spoken, only felt. Raise us up, reporters, for we are in need of your healing touch. You are our only safe haven in this storm. You are the last pillar of truth we know.