CHAPTER 17: YOU AGAIN?

"What kind of treatment did she expect?! What does she need?! Did she want me to now at her feet?" Ashley raged through angry tears. If not for Lauretta, her daughter wouldn't be so wrong, but yet George completely disregarded Carol, eyes filled only with anger at how Ashley had treated Lauretta. He had never cared for her so deeply before the divorce, so why the sudden sentimentality? He treated her like dirt and now expects that Ashley should have treated her as gold. Hell no! "Was this what you were doing while I was unaware?" He asked, and Ashley turned her head sideways, refusing to answer that question. Disappointed, George realized he never considered how Lauretta might have suffered among them. If their roles were reversed, he surely couldn't have endured it, yet Lauretta persisted for years, comporting herself virtuously throughout their marriage. George's impression of her went higher. Turning to a still crying Carol, "She is confined here for self-reflection this month. I