Chapter 19 - THE PART ABOUT MY MOTHERWhy destroy my mother’s things?
That had always felt uniquely cruel.
Evelyn answered later.
“I was jealous.”
I almost laughed.
“Of my dead mother?”
She flinched.
“Yes.”
Daniel stared.
Evelyn continued:
“You kept her pictures everywhere.”
“Three.”
“You talked about what she would think.”
“She died two years ago.”
“And Daniel listened to you talk about her.”
I could not understand.
Then Judith explained something I had never known.
When Martin died, Evelyn wanted Daniel to move closer.
He didn’t.
When my mother became sick, I spent months helping care for her.
Daniel supported me.
Evelyn experienced that as proof:
Claire’s mother mattered more.
Not rational.
Real.
The shadow box was not random.
It was a symbol Evelyn had been resenting for years.
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Understanding did not make it less cruel.
It made the target make sense.
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