Mom and Dad, Your Apology Came Too Late
But when she spoke, her voice was exactly as cold as it had been all those years ago.
"Now that you're back, make a public apology. Admit that you stole the painting, and start treating your brother properly from now on."
The interns standing nearby looked at me with open curiosity, as though they were watching a spectacle unfold.
I couldn't help shaking my head and laughing softly.
"In this world, victims don't apologize to the people who robbed them."
I was an adult now.
Long gone was the frightened child they could control at will.
The only reason I'd come was because I wanted to know whether my mother had ever regretted sending me to that institution.