Beloved - Chapter 21
So, when I’m faced with the realities of these relationships, I have more choices to make. The thing is, I was prepared to meet my dad that one moment back in December 2012 then walk away. That face to face was the only moment I ever expected to have. I was absolutely prepared to walk away from that moment because his absentia in my life - his silence - his life-long disengagement - was clearly a decision he was dedicated to. Him, ostensibly opening the doors of his life to me, was a curveball I never saw coming. However, as time passes it seems as though those life-long decisions die hard. I am also convinced that the first dinner with Norma was her true self expressing what she believed about me, sight unseen. And despite her best efforts, she has never resolved this initial belief she had about me. She believed I was out to hurt her family - that I wanted something - that I was a threat to her or them in some way. And the fact that I have not a...