Chapter 14 - Victoria’s group chat
My cousin Natalie eventually gave me screenshots from a family group I had not known existed.
Victoria.
Charles.
Arthur.
Aunt Cheryl.
Two cousins.
Named:
PRICE FAMILY.
Mostly boring.
Dinner.
Business.
Birthdays.
Then me.
Victoria:
Clara lets Gigi dictate everything.
Arthur:
She thinks saying no damages a child.
Charles:
Not our issue.
Victoria:
It becomes our issue when she brings that behavior here.
Another month:
Arthur:
Gigi screamed because I moved a vase. Two years old and already trained to perform.
Victoria:
Someone eventually has to stop rewarding it.
Charles:
Leave Clara to parent her own kid.
That message helped Charles later.
He had expressed the right boundary privately.
Then failed publicly.
Another exchange ten days before the birthday:
Victoria:
Please help keep Gigi away from the cake table. Clara gets distracted talking.
Arthur:
I’ll handle it.
Victoria:
Just don’t start World War III with Clara.
Arthur:
Someone has to be the adult.
No:
Hit her.
No conspiracy.
But Arthur arrived already believing he had delegated authority.
Victoria had reinforced it.
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Then, after the slap, she defended the authority she had helped create.
That was important.
