Chapter 12 - THE GUESTS WHO LAUGHEDSeveral guests sent apologies.

Most were terrible.
I’m sorry things got out of hand.
No.
I didn’t realize who you were.
Worse.
One message came from a woman named Helen Cho.
She wrote:
I laughed when your bag opened because everyone around me laughed. I did not know your name, and that should not matter. I am embarrassed by how easily I joined cruelty when I thought there would be no consequence.
Charlotte read that one twice.
Then replied:
Thank you for saying exactly what you did.
That was all.
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Not every apology needed reconciliation.
Accuracy mattered first.