Chapter 24 - “YOU BELIEVED HER BEFORE I FINISHED ONE SENTENCE”Daniel finally apologizes.
At Richard’s workshop/porch maybe.
“I’m sorry.”
Richard says:
“For punch?”
“For deciding before you spoke.”
Then exact line:
“The punch hurt for five minutes. What hurt was realizing you had already decided what kind of man I was before I finished one sentence.”
Daniel cries.
Richard admits paternal control:
“I spent too many years teaching you that your judgment needed my approval.”
Daniel:
“And I spent too many years proving I didn’t need you by doing opposite.”
Richard:
“Vanessa found that.”
No blame transfer.
Richard accepts apology maybe:
“I believe you’re sorry. Trust takes longer.”
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No hug immediately maybe later small gesture.
This is emotional payoff.
