They Regretted It After I Gave Up Chapter 16

They Regretted It After I Gave Up Chapter 16

But he wrote a letter and had someone deliver it to Mom.

She didn’t even glance at it. She just tore it to pieces and threw it in the trash.

“I won’t read it. Every word he writes makes me sick.”

Dad stood beside her, silent.

In just a few days, his hair had turned almost completely white.

He looked as if he had aged ten years overnight.

He stood in front of my memorial photo, staring at the girl in the picture.

It was taken when I was in ninth grade.

My hair was in a ponytail. I was wearing a school hoodie and smiling, so happy.

Dad looked at it for a long time before his tears started falling again.

“Kat, I’m so sorry.”

“I should have taken you to another hospital.”

“I should have asked more questions. I should have looked into it myself.”

“I should have…”

He couldn’t go on.

Mom walked over and hugged him.

The two of them stood before my photo and cried together for a long time.

Near the end of the service, one more person arrived.

It was Tessa.