#Chapter54

TO LISTEN AND ACCEPT pt. 1

JOY

I knew talking to Vince would help but I never thought that it would convince me to do something I had never thought of all these years—talk to my mother and actually listen.

I texted Dad.

JOYCE: I’m sorry for leaving that way. I wasn’t in my right mind.

GEORGE: I shouldn’t have kept it from you. She showed up two weeks ago and I had the same reaction as you did.

I laughed at the back of my mind. No wonder, I was so like my father.

JOYCE: But unlike me, you decided to let her speak.

GEORGE: Yes and it...