She looked desperate. “I could lose everything.”
I took a breath.
“You accepted money for something you had no right to sell. You knew exactly what you were doing.”
“I was struggling financially.”
“Then you should’ve asked for help.”
“You wouldn’t have helped me.”
“You never asked.”
She wiped her eyes. “I didn’t think you’d notice.”
Those words stayed with me.
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She hadn’t misunderstood our relationship.
She hadn’t believed she had permission.
She’d decided I was too old, too trusting, and too absent to catch her.
“Please leave.”
She stood there for another moment.
