My Cousin Slapped My Eight-Year-Old Daughter and Said Our Family Never Needed a Girl—Then She Told Me to Ask Why My Father “Changed the Heir”
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Chapter 23 / 27
Chapter 23 - Julian speaks to Betsy
He asked permission first.
Good start.
Betsy was nine by then.
Meeting:
My house.
Daytime.
Me nearby.
Julian handed her nothing.
No expensive guilt gift.
He said:
“Your name got dragged into something my mom was doing.”
Betsy asked:
“Because boy?”
Julian looked uncomfortable.
“Yes.”
“Did you think boys better?”
“No.”
“Did you tell her?”
That hurt him.
“No.”
Betsy said:
“Should.”
Then returned to coloring.
Children deliver verdicts and move on with astonishing efficiency.
Julian later told me:
“She’s right.”
“Yes.”
“I liked believing I was special.”
“Most people do.”
“I should have asked why.”
“Yes.”
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That was his work.
Not Betsy’s.
