Chapter 16 - Margaret Behind BarsMargaret wrote letters.

Dozens of them.
Some apologized.
Most blamed us.
She claimed we had stolen her granddaughter.
She claimed Clara had manipulated everyone.
She claimed James would regret abandoning her.
We never answered.
One letter came addressed to Lily.
We didn't give it to her.
A child's heart isn't a courtroom.
She didn't need Margaret's version of the truth.
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She needed peace.
And eventually, the letters stopped.