Corisande dropped Merewyn’s hearing aids into a glass of champagne and mocked the elderly woman that she was better off completely deaf.
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Chapter 14
Corisande apologized to Tessara three months later.
Only after Tessara agreed to see her.
Private terrace.
I was not there.
Mother was.
Apparently for quality control.
Corisande said:
“I shoved your hand because I wanted Merewyn not to hear what I was trying to hide.”
Specific.
Good.
“I treated you like your job meant you couldn’t refuse me.”
Better.
Tessara asked:
“Would you do it again?”
Corisande said:
“No.”
“How do you know?”
Excellent question.
Corisande answered:
“Because I no longer think being frightened gives me permission to control whoever has less power than I do.”
Mother told me that sentence later.
She approved.
High praise.
Tessara did not hug Corisande.
Did not forgive aloud.
She simply said:
May you like
“Okay.”
Enough.
