The bond between them was instant: Laura a flower–power antiwar protestor, Brady a duty–bound soldier heading off to Vietnam. He'd returned a changed man, and she'd saved his sanity.

They'd always been there for each other. They'd raised two wonderful children and weathered the ups and downs that are inevitably part of a life together, a life that stretched over three decades. And they'd stuck to the deal they made on their wedding day: never talk about the past.

But the past has a way of catching up .