Chapter 17 - Evelyn's Final CallOne afternoon, my phone rang.
Evelyn.
I nearly ignored it.
Instead, I answered.
“Hello?”
Her voice sounded different.
Older.
Quieter.
“I wanted to apologize.”
I said nothing.
“I was wrong.”
That sentence surprised me more than anything else.
She continued.
“I thought because you married my son, everything you had belonged to our family.”
I looked through the glass wall at the garden.
“That was never true.”
“I know.”
She hesitated.
“I destroyed something between you and Trevor.”
“No,” I said gently.
“You didn't destroy it.”
I paused.
“You simply revealed it.”
She began crying.
This time, I believed the tears were real.
But forgiveness did not mean reopening the door.
“I hope you find peace,” I told her.
Then I ended the call.
May you like
I wasn't angry.
That was enough.
