Chapter 12 - Patricia Admits What She Knew

Aunt Patricia eventually admitted Vanessa had asked to use her house because it felt “neutral.”
Patricia knew there would be custody paperwork.
She did not know about the trust debt.
She did not know the dinner was staged to generate evidence.
But she had agreed to keep Lily in the hallway while the adults “talked.”
Rachel was furious.
“You helped separate her from us.”
Patricia cried.
“I thought it would keep her from hearing the argument.”
It did the opposite.
Lily heard everything.
That became another lesson.
Adults often call something protection because the word feels better than exclusion.
Patricia apologized directly to Lily.
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Lily did not hug her.
Nobody made her.