The power of forgiveness

Murilo

Virginia was now telling me that it wasn't my fault for what happened with my college girlfriend, but I felt guilty about the whole thing and it was making my heart squeeze.

I heard footsteps moving away and deduced that it was Mariana coming out of the kitchen to give us more privacy. 

"If I had tried to talk to Beatriz calmly, instead of simply saying that it was over between us, maybe she wouldn't have…” 

" It's no use clinging to the "maybes," Murilo " Virginia interrupted me "The possibilities are countless, and we can't be responsible for what other people do. These are their decisions, not ours.”

"But…”