My Daughter’s Bullies Visited Her Hospital Room Every Day—Then One of Them Asked, “Do You Really Have No Idea What She Did?”
“Yes.”
“That was cowardly.”
“Yes.”
Madeline leaned back.
“I can understand why you were scared and still be angry.”
Kelsey nodded.
That sentence became useful to all of us.
Understanding and excusing are not the same thing.
PART 26 — AARON
Aaron had once hidden Madeline’s backpack.
