Chapter 12 - Kelly Refuses Her Father’s ApologyLuca eventually asked to see the children.
Kelly refused.
Leo agreed.
I supervised their meeting at a quiet park.
Luca knelt in front of his son.
“I made terrible choices.”
Leo stared at him.
“Did you stop loving Mom?”
Luca looked at me.
Then back at Leo.
“I stopped being the man your mother deserved.”
It wasn't an answer.
Leo knew it.
Children often understand avoidance better than adults expect.
Later, Kelly confronted Luca outside Arthur’s estate.
“You didn't just cheat on Mom.”
Luca said nothing.
“You waited for Grandpa to die.”
His face collapsed.
“I said horrible things.”
“You meant them.”
“I was angry and stupid.”
“You were greedy.”
Luca lowered his head.
Kelly walked away.
Arthur had watched from the window.
“She sounds like you,” he told me.
“No.”
I watched my daughter cross the snowy lawn.
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“She sounds like herself.”
And I was proud of that.
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