account’. Yes, she wanted revenge, and yes, I was a part of
that plan, but not me personally. She never wanted to hurt me.
She promised she wouldn’t, and she did everything she could
to keep that promise. I saw a woman I wanted and that’s on
me. She couldn’t control my feelings and she certainly didn’t
want them. You have no reason to believe me, except that you
knew her. She was and still is an incredible person. The fact is,
you wronged her. You stole from her. You nearly broke her
when she needed you the most. If you’re going to go to her for
any reason, then I hope it’s to apologize and make things right.
I’m here right now because of the past, for so many different
reasons. This only happened because of the past. I know you
never meant to hurt me, but when you did what you did, and
you stole that restaurant and you broke Claire’s heart, you put
everything into motion and now it’s too late. It’s already
done.”
“Where are you going?” he finally called after her when she
was on her way out of the kitchen.
“I’m going to grandma and grandpa’s for a bit. I need to talk
to grandma about everything. Please, just let me go. We really
both do need time to calm down.”
Her dad was mad enough that he might try to stop her. He
couldn’t really stop her because she was an adult, and she had
her own car and her own phone. Even if he took those away,
she had her own bank account, her own credit cards and debit
card. She could get a cab. He could try to talk her out of it. He
could lay the guilt on thick in his own way. He could punish
her with his words and his disappointment and even his
disgust.
To his credit, he let her go.