Chapter 14 - Victoria Finally Faces Noah
Months later, Victoria asked to see Noah.
Claire refused at first.
Then Noah became curious.
A supervised meeting was arranged.
Victoria looked smaller without the restaurant, the company, or the
family name surrounding her.
She apologized.
Noah asked:
“Why didn’t you want Dad to know me?”
Victoria began explaining succession and family pressure.
The therapist stopped her.
“Answer for a seven-year-old.”
Victoria looked at Noah.
“Because I thought I knew what was best for your father.”
“Did you?”
“No.”
“Did you know what was best for me?”
Victoria’s eyes filled.
“No.”
Noah nodded.
He did not hug her.
He did not forgive her on command.
He simply returned to Claire.
The meeting ended.
For Victoria, that was perhaps the hardest consequence.
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She could no longer decide how the family responded to what she had
done.
