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Chapter 25 - I wrote Robert

When I was thirteen, Robert was still serving his sentence.

I wrote him a letter.

Not forgiveness.

Questions.

Did you know Mom found the ring before she collapsed?

He answered:

No.

He learned only after searching her purse.

Did you believe the house was safe?

His reply:

I believed what I wanted to believe because fixing it correctly created problems I did not want to face.

That was the most truthful sentence he ever gave me.

Then:

I would give everything to have chosen differently.

I believed him.

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Regret does not reverse consequences.

But I believed him.

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