Phyllis wrote:

I am sorry I treated your injury as laziness and your dependence as an inconvenience. I took your crutches knowing you had told me you could not safely move without them. I wanted you to obey me. I understand why you do not trust me.

Clara read.

Then:

“She finally stopped saying she was helping.”

Yes.

That mattered.

No response yet.

PART 64 — THREE YEARS

Eventually: