I don’t know if you’ve ever had a loved one be redeemed, but if you have, then you might agree that it’s surprisingly annoying. For one thing, it makes them unpredictable. You used to know what they would do, and now you don’t

An old miser, believing he’s dying, writes a long letter to his wife about his plot to disinherit her and their children, his revenge on them for loving his money more than they love him. In the process, he stops desiring the revenge and starts desiring something else.

he has to deal with this distrust from his loved ones, even as his new love and openness to them makes him more vulnerable than he has been in many decades to suffer from their distrust of him.