At My Engagement Dinner, a Barefoot Little Girl Pointed at My Fiancée’s Ring—Then She Called My Wife, Dead for Five Years, Her Mother
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Chapter 18 / 30
Chapter 18 - Why Victoria Stayed
I finally asked Victoria the question that bothered me most.
“If you wanted me, why wait three years?”
She stared through the interview-room window.
“Because I hated myself.”
I said nothing.
“For the first year, I kept thinking I would confess.”
“But you didn’t.”
“No.”
“Then?”
“You began rebuilding your life.”
“And you decided to enter it.”
She nodded.
“At first I only wanted to be near you.”
“That isn’t an excuse.”
“I know.”
“Did Emma know we were together?”
Victoria began crying.
“Yes.”
I closed my eyes.
Emma had spent years believing I knowingly abandoned her.
Then she learned I was dating the woman who had helped keep us apart.
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No wonder she stopped trying to contact me directly.
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