Chapter 20 - ROBERT WRITES
Robert began sending letters from custody.
I did not answer.
The first:
You know I never intended serious harm.
Trash.
Second:
I built everything for this family.
Still about him.
Third, a year later:
I chose Lily because I knew you loved her more than you loved the company.
I stopped.
Continued.
I treated that love as a weakness I could trigger.
Better.
Then:
I spent my life believing the person who could force the outcome was the person in control. I did not understand that forcing the outcome was how I lost everything I actually wanted.
Maybe true.
Maybe written by a therapist.
Didn’t matter yet.
He asked to see Lily eventually.
Answer:
No.
Not because forever was decided.
Because six-year-olds do not owe restorative justice to adults.
Robert had money.
Lawyers.
May you like
Time.
He could tolerate waiting.
