Chapter 15 - VANESSA’S ACCOUNTABILITY LETTER
Her first apology to Florence was terrible.
Too much explanation.
Too much:
I was under pressure.
I felt invisible.
I misunderstood.
Florence returned it unread after the first page.
“Tell her apologies are not résumés.”
Excellent.
Vanessa tried again months later.
Three paragraphs.
I misled you about the service forms.
I used your fear of harming Gianluca to obtain cooperation.
I allowed Ivy and Owen to miss meals and clean clothes because admitting the service reduction had failed would have exposed what I was doing.
Then:
Nothing about my career made that necessary.
Florence read it.
Kept it.
No reply.
Later, Vanessa wrote to the twins through their therapist.
One sentence used:
May you like
You did not have to work to deserve food.
That one mattered.
