Chapter 125

She looked up and shook her head. “It’s not your fault. You’ve had it really tough too. You weren’t even obligated to take me in.” Margaret knew deep down she hadn’t been the most nurturing mother. She’d taken Elsie in because she had no choice, and the resentment had always lingered. Elsie, being a sensitive and observant kid, had picked up on that early on. Instead of seeking affection or trying to win approval, she just quietly shrank into her own little space, never asking for more. So yeah, there wasn’t much warmth between them all these years. Margaret thought Elsie would blame her—maybe even secretly resent her. She just didn’t expect a sentence like that to come out of her mouth. Over the past two decades, there had been so many bottled-up things she never talked about. Things too painful to even recall. And now, the one child she never really showed love to turned around and told her she’d been wronged. Especially during those three years, when every word she said to Elsie was