Falling explanations
Her attempts to explain her past decisions fell flat, hitting walls of skepticism and guardedness. “I was young and scared,”
she confessed, but the kids’ faces remained stern. Their eldest, breaking the silence, asked, “What do you expect from us now?”
The question seemed to hang in the air, unanswered. The meeting ended without resolution, leaving me to manage the aftermath.
I promised to dig deeper, driven by the need for thorough understanding.
