Chapter 10
Margaret asked to see Sarah.
Sarah said no.
Three months later, still no.
Good.
Six months later:
“Yes. Ten minutes.”
Margaret arrived without pearls.
Strange detail.
Sarah noticed too.
Maybe she wanted to look less like the family matriarch.
Good instinct.
She said:
“I told you silence kept Emma’s family together.”
Sarah stared.
“It kept David comfortable.”
Margaret nodded.
“Yes.”
Then:
“I taught you what I wish somebody had never taught me.”
Better.
Sarah did not forgive her.
She said:
May you like
“I believe you’re sorry.”
Enough.
