I think I could. Think about it. He was possibly a misfit, and I have watched for many years, the bullies who make 'lesser' people's lives hell. Sometimes they do it quietly too. It's hard to catch them at work.
That to me is a devilish as this was. The minister didn't just forgive him. He was the one person who visited him in jail, the one person who helped him turn his life around.
Harsh pain that we think we will never get over, in time, abates. Yes, I think I could get there. If not, I too would have died.