Chapter 19 - HARPER CONFRONTS HER MOTHER

At fifteen, Harper asked Lucinda:
“Would you have loved me less if Amelia played?”
Lucinda said no.
Then Harper asked:
“Why did you act like my life depended on it?”
That took longer.
Finally:
“Because I thought if you were publicly important, nobody could treat our branch as secondary.”
Harper answered:
“I was a kid.”
“Yes.”
“You made me a flag.”
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Lucinda cried.
Accurate.