Chapter 15

Katherine apologized to Clara when she was six.
Specific.
“I pulled your chair away.”
Clara nodded.
“I threw your food.”
Another nod.
“I told you scary things about Daddy.”
Clara stared.
“That was mean.”
“Yes.”
Then:
“Why?”
Katherine looked at me.
I gave her nothing.
Her answer.
“Because I thought I knew what your life should be.”
Clara frowned.
“You don’t.”
Perfect.
Katherine laughed through tears.
May you like
“No.”
That was probably the best thing anyone could have told her.