Chapter 18 - Amelia’s Anger
Amelia’s anger changed after Ivy was born.
At first it burned.
Then it became colder.
More specific.
She told Graham:
“I don't need you to hate Celeste.”
“I do sometimes.”
“That isn't useful.”
He listened.
“I need you to understand why I stopped trusting you.”
“I do.”
“No.”
She shook her head.
“You understand the hospital.”
Graham waited.
“I stopped trusting you months before that.”
She listed moments.
Celeste insulting Amelia’s accounting background.
Celeste excluding her from Victor’s memorial committee.
Celeste asking whether Amelia signed a prenup.
Celeste calling the pregnancy “a succession complication.”
Every time Graham laughed.
Minimized.
Changed subject.
He had never been cruel.
He had been convenient.
Sometimes convenience protected cruelty.
May you like
That realization hurt him more than being called a bad husband would have.
---
