Chapter 24 - THE APOLOGY LETTERA year after the shadow box, Evelyn wrote me.

Not court-ordered.
Therapist encouraged.
It began badly.
I am sorry that my fear of losing my independence contributed to conflict.
I nearly stopped.
Then it improved.
I moved your belongings and then let Daniel believe you misplaced them.
Good.
I hid my own cardigan and said you had taken it.
Good.
I destroyed the keepsake from your mother because I knew it would hurt you.
I cried.
Then:
I slapped you and immediately told Daniel you attacked me. I was not confused about who struck whom.
There.
No MCI excuse.
Then:
May you like
I do have memory problems. I used those problems as cover when it benefited me. That made it harder for you and Daniel to know when I was genuinely confused.
That was the most honest sentence she ever wrote.
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