My Son Brought

again.

“Not to me.”

Ashley stiffened.

“I am not apologizing to a teenager like I abused him.”

The word abused was hers, not mine.

Interesting how guilt names itself when cornered.

I said, “Then we’re done.”

I turned to go back to my desk.

Ashley grabbed my arm.

Not hard, but enough.

I looked down at her hand.

Then up at her.

“Let go.”

She did.

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