Chapter 31 - Catherine Came to the Wedding Rehearsal

Catherine appeared without invitation.
Rebecca stiffened.
Marcus prepared for disaster.
Instead Catherine held an envelope.
“I came to apologize.”
Rebecca stared.
Catherine transferred most of her settlement into Rebecca’s guardianship foundation.
No conditions.
“No name on the building?”
“No.”
“No board seat?”
“No.”
Rebecca cried.
“Why now?”
Catherine looked old.
“Because I spent thirty years calling revenge justice. They are not the same.”
She did not ask to attend the wedding.
Rebecca invited her.
That mattered.
Elena was not invited.
Neither was Daniel, obviously.
Victor came.
Adrian came.
The strange family tree occupied one garden.
May you like
No one pretended normal.
That was better.