At a private Mafia jewelry preview, four-year-old Noah proudly approached his father with a handmade paper flower.
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Chapter 14
Vanessa’s meeting took longer.
A year.
Noah barely remembered the jewelry preview clearly.
He remembered one thing.
“You ripped flower.”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
She struggled.
Finally:
“Because I was angry about something that had nothing to do with your flower.”
Good.
No excuse.
“Bad.”
“Yes.”
He gave her no replacement.
Also good.
She had to live without symbolic absolution.
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Adults love objects that say forgiveness happened.
Children often simply move on.
