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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.

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