Chapter 23 - MARCUS AND GERALD
Gerald completed his sentence and supervision later in life.
He requested one meeting with Marcus.
Not Emma.
Marcus surprised me by agreeing.
I asked:
“Why?”
“I need to know whether I can sit across from him without wanting to hit him.”
“That sounds healthy and concerning.”
He smiled.
The meeting took place with a mediator.
Gerald apologized for blocking staff.
For using Marcus’s signature.
For blaming us.
Marcus apologized for breaking his nose.
Gerald said:
“You had every reason.”
Marcus answered:
“No. I had every feeling. Not every reason.”
When he told me that, I cried.
The man who punched first had finally found the sentence he needed.
They did not become friends.
No handshake photo.
No reconciliation dinner.
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The meeting ended.
Sometimes repair is simply no longer needing the other person to suffer.
