Chapter 10 - VANESSA WANTED TO APOLOGIZE IN PERSONI said no.
Then reconsidered.
Not because she deserved access.
Because Ava should eventually control the decision.
For several months, no contact.
Then Vanessa wrote a letter.
First draft:
I’m sorry I made a mistake with your hair.
Rejected.
Second:
I’m sorry my stress about the wedding caused me to act badly.
Still minimizing.
Six months later:
Ava, I cut your hair because I was jealous of the connection you had to your mother and afraid I would always feel second in your father’s life.
Better.
Then:
Those feelings were mine. You did nothing to create them.
Yes.
I told you that you did not belong in the photographs because I wanted to hurt the part of you that reminded me of Laura.
Hard.
Accurate.
Finally:
Your hair and body were not mine to change.
That mattered.
Ava read it when she was nine.
Then asked:
“Do I have to answer?”
“No.”
May you like
“Good.”
She didn’t.
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