Chapter 18 - The LetterA year later, Sarah received an unexpected letter.
There was no return address.
Inside was a single sheet of paper.
Arthur had written it from prison.
He did not ask for forgiveness.
He did not ask Sarah to withdraw anything.
He simply wrote:
"I spent my entire life believing that being feared was the same as being respected."
Sarah read the letter twice.
Then she folded it.
She did not burn it.
She did not keep it.
She placed it in a drawer.
Some people deserved forgiveness.
Some people deserved consequences.
And sometimes those two things could exist separately.
She did not know whether Arthur had truly changed.
That was no longer her responsibility.
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Her responsibility was Lily.
And the future.
