Chapter 17 - Wesley Confronts Margaret
For the first time without me present.
He later told me.
I did not need transcript.
He said:
“You knew Nora did not want the joke.”
Margaret:
“You told me she wouldn’t like it. That’s why it was funny.”
There.
Wesley:
“I told you to cancel.”
Margaret:
“You are my son. Not my supervisor.”
Correct.
He could not order her choices generally.
But:
“I can decide whether my child is around you.”
That was new.
Margaret cried.
Called him manipulated.
Said Nora had:
“weaponized June.”
Wesley did not defend me point by point.
Better.
He said:
“This is my boundary too.”
Then left.
No shouting.
No threat.
No:
Choose us or lose me forever.
Just:
Until you can acknowledge what you did, you do not see June.
Margaret complied? Not immediately emotionally.
But physically yes.
No surprise visits.
No driveway ambush.
May you like
That mattered.
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