Chapter 24 - WHY BEATRICE DIDN’T WANT MONICA DESTROYED
Tyler asked when sixteen.
“Why didn’t Grandma want Mom punished more?”
Gavin said:
“She was punished.”
“You know what I mean.”
Beatrice answered herself through tablet.
BECAUSE I KNEW HER BEFORE FEAR
Tyler frowned.
She typed:
PEOPLE CAN BECOME WORSE
THEY CAN ALSO BECOME BETTER
NOT OUR JOB TO GUARANTEE
He read.
“So you forgave?”
SOME
“Why?”
Long pause.
FOR ME
That made sense.
Forgiveness as self-release, not gift to wrongdoer.
Tyler nodded.
He was old enough.
Then Beatrice typed:
BUT TRUST IS EARNED DIFFERENTLY
Exactly.
Monica had earned limited trust over years through consistency.
May you like
Not words.
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