Alison, be very, very careful. I don't see anything different this time than all the other times he's turned on the "mister nice guy" routine to try and pull you in again. Expect the abuse cycle to continue to repeat. He needs to do a lot of hard work before he'll be able to be in a serious R again.
I think AS has a great point here. Let him do the hard work.
You don't have to give him the cold shoulder all the time. But be wary. It's going to take consistency and quite a bit of time to prove change.
