Chapter 24 - LILA MEETS CAMILLA AGAIN

Lila was twenty-four.
Her decision.
Camilla was fifty-four.
They met in a museum café.
I did not attend.
Lila told me later.
Camilla apologized again.
No performance.
Then Lila asked:
“Did you hate my mother?”
Camilla answered:
“I hated feeling second to someone who wasn’t alive.”
Ugly.
Honest.
“Did you hate me?”
“No.”
“Then why hurt me?”
Camilla took a long time.
“Because you were the person I could control.”
There.
The correct answer.
Lila thanked her for telling the truth.
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They did not become friends.
They never met privately again.