As she plucked up the fortitude to apologize for every hardship she had me endure, guilt seized control.
She discovered Peter wasn’t who she thought he was. He manipulated her in the same manner that he manipulated me, it turned out.
She discovered his nasty character the hard way after being entangled in his web of falsehoods.
I did feel awful for her, and her apology appeared to be just what I needed to get over Peter and his mother and go on with my life.
