Chapter 19 - VICTORIA’S FIRST REAL APOLOGYVictoria’s first apology was useless.
I’m sorry things went too far.
Julian refused to read further.
Months later, another arrived.
I helped stage your death.
Better.
I let your father believe you were gone.
Then:
I told you your father had abandoned you because I needed you to stop trying to escape.
Arthur had to leave the room after reading that.
Victoria continued:
I told myself I was keeping you alive. The truth is I was protecting my position in the family and my own choices.
No excuse.
Finally:
You owe me nothing. Not forgiveness. Not contact. Not reassurance that I was still your mother while I was doing this.
Julian saved the letter.
May you like
He did not answer.
Not then.
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Chapter 20 - ARTHUR AND VICTORIA’S MARRIAGE ENDEDArthur filed for divorce.
Chapter 21 - CHARLES LOST CONTROL, NOT HIS NAMECharles faced serious legal consequences.
Chapter 22 - JULIAN WENT BACK TO THE WALLTwo years after his rescue, Julian asked to see the chamber.
Chapter 23 - THE CHAMBER BECAME SOMETHING ELSEJulian suggested what to do with it.
Chapter 24 - THE RECORDERJulian kept the recorder for years.
Chapter 25 - ARTHUR ASKED THE QUESTION HE FEARED MOST“Do you still think of me as your father?”
