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Forgiveness is an underlying theme in Chain of Mercy as each of the main characters struggles with one aspect of it.
The hero, Richard Brooks, cannot accept forgiveness.
The heroine, Sheila Peterson, doesn’t realize that what she has done requires forgiveness.
And a third main character, Meghan Keene, refuses to forgive.
Matthew West wrote the song Forgiveness based upon a mother who forgave the drunk driver who killed her child (read that story <here>. Considering that Chain of Mercy is about a man who kills a teen in an auto accident, the words to this song really hit home.