Ophelia snatches Lucy’s inhaler and violently kicks it beneath the heavy sideboard cabinet.
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Chapter 18 - OPHELIA SEES LUCY AGAIN
The first supervised visit happened eleven months later.
Neutral room.
Therapist present.
I stayed nearby but outside the immediate conversation.
Ophelia looked older.
Not physically much.
Authority ages faster when removed.
Lucy sat with crayons.
Ophelia said:
“Hello.”
Lucy:
“Hi.”
Then silence.
Finally Ophelia said:
“I took your inhaler when I knew I should not.”
Lucy kept coloring.
“I wanted to prove I was right.”
More coloring.
“I was wrong.”
Lucy looked up.
“Medicine mine.”
“Yes.”
“Don’t kick.”
“No.”
Then she returned to the purple horse she was drawing.
Ophelia cried after.
May you like
Not during.
Good.
