Chapter 23 - Rose Writes to Michael
They divorced.
Quickly at first.
Slowly where money became involved.
Rose sent Michael one letter through attorneys after the criminal case stabilized.
He showed me only because one line referred to staff.
I told myself the maids were incompetent because that made what I was doing feel like management instead of cruelty.
Then:
Once the placement arrangement started making money, every new employee became a potential reason to start the cycle again.
Michael stopped reading.
He looked physically ill.
“Why did I not see this?”
I answered carefully.
“Because she mostly did it when you weren’t there.”
He looked at me.
That was not the whole answer.
So I added:
“And because when people complained, you asked Rose what happened instead of asking them.”
May you like
He nodded.
“Fair.”
