Tobias,

forgiveness is a looooong way of. Long way. And in any case forgiveness is not meant for your wife but for yourself. And it does not come in any one moment, but is slowly built. And when you can honestly say you forgive her, a huuuuuuuuuge weight will be lifted from you.

And pain or no pain, East has to let his W deal with the pain herself. He cannot nor should he even try carrying her burden. He has 2 much on his plate ATM. Also rebound relationships are no good. You just waste a heck of a lot of time and you end up in the same spot in a couple of months.