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Chapter 6 / 8
Chapter 6: Briggs Returns
Two days later...
Briggs came back.
Not wearing a suit.
Not wearing confidence.
Just jeans...
and regret.
He waited outside the building for hours.
When Evelyn finally emerged, he stepped forward.
"I'm sorry."
"I judged you before I knew who you were."
Evelyn looked at him kindly.
"No."
"You judged me before you knew I mattered."
Briggs lowered his eyes.
She continued,
"The tragedy isn't what you did to me."
"It's how many ordinary people you've treated the same way."
Tears filled Briggs' eyes.
May you like
For the first time in years...
he had nothing to defend.
