Chapter 10 - Eleanor Returned One Last Time—But She Wasn't the Woman Who Had Once Ordered My Mother AroundMonths later, Eleanor asked to see me.
I almost refused.
But I agreed.
She looked different.
No expensive clothes.
No jewelry.
No confidence.
She sat across from me.
“I was wrong.”
I said nothing.
“I hurt Rose.”
“Yes.”
“I hurt you.”
“Yes.”
“I destroyed my son's life.”
“You helped him destroy it.”
She nodded.
“I know.”
She looked down.
“I thought money was everything.”
“And now?”
“I don't know.”
I waited.
She began crying.
“I lost my house.”
I didn't respond.
“I lost my friends.”
Still nothing.
“I lost my son.”
I finally said:
“You didn't lose him because of me.”
She looked up.
“You lost him because you taught him that cruelty was normal.”
She nodded.
“I know.”
I didn't forgive her that day.
But I didn't hate her either.
I simply let her go.
Some people deserved forgiveness.
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Some deserved consequences.
Sometimes both could exist.
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