Chapter 14 - My Brother Sent One Final Letter From Prison—And For the First Time, I Didn't Feel Anger When I Read ItMark's letter arrived in spring.
I almost threw it away.
Instead, I opened it.
He apologized.
Not for getting caught.
For hurting our parents.
For making them believe I had abandoned them.
For stealing their trust.
He didn't ask for money.
He didn't ask me to forgive him.
He simply wrote:
I finally understand that I wasn't fighting you. I was fighting the part of myself that believed I would always be second.
I folded the letter.
I wasn't ready to forgive him completely.
Maybe I never would.
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But I no longer hated him.
That was enough.
