THE BUSINESSMAN THREW WINE AT A WAITRESS, THEN THE MANAGER REVEALED WHY SHE HAD BEEN SERVING TABLES IN HER RESTAURANT
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Chapter 14 - Richard Faces A Different Room
A year later, Richard returned to Bellamy House.
Not for dinner.
For mediation connected to remaining claims.
He entered through a private conference entrance.
Emma saw him in the hallway.
For a second, both remembered the wine.
The slap.
The scattered bills.
Richard said:
“I was wrong.”
Emma waited.
He continued.
“I treated you terribly before I knew who you were.”
Emma answered:
“That sentence still has a problem.”
Richard understood.
“You’re right.”
He tried again.
“I treated you terribly.”
Better.
Emma accepted the apology.
She did not offer friendship.
Vanessa had left Vale Meridian months earlier.
May you like
Emma did not track why.
Some people deserved to exit the story when their role was over.
