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To her, this was about what she had done, and the issue was
already resolved. She had no way of knowing how Claire had
been thrown back into the past so easily when normally she
would do anything to keep from going there.
“I already apologized, and I meant it. In the car on the way
home. I’ll apologize again. I really am sorry. I didn’t mean—
okay, it was thoughtless and dumb. I’m sorry. To you too.”
There was no mockery. No tricks either. She meant it. Her
apology was real.
It sucked the wind right out of Claire. She felt awkward,
like every inch of her towering height was too much. She
nodded, her jaw clenched tight. “Alright.”
“Do you accept? And forgive me? I really never meant to
hurt anyone. I just didn’t think you’d let me see my friends,
and I missed them so much. I can’t just disappear out of
people’s lives.”
“I realize that. This is my house, but you’re my guest. In the
future, please—”
“Yes, I know. Ask. I will.”
Claire didn’t care about last words. There wasn’t such a
thing in an argument. It wasn’t the first or the last words that
had the power. This was still her house, and Haley seemed like
she wanted to respect that. They could all use less headaches.
This plan should never have been conceived, and now that it
was, they had to learn to get through the next six months.
Together.
The lesson seemed to have bene learned. Haley was
unusually receptive and sweet, and she did sound sorry, which
was more than her father ever would have done. Robert Watt
and Richard Finley were men who were so similar that Claire
