Chapter 71

• "No. She didn't even then. She just didn't ever want to admit her son was our failure and the one disappointing her. She knew you were the one who could fix anything she commanded, so she put it on your head. My mother's pride mattered more than anything and the family name. The legacy. You changed that, and she's genuinely happy to see you. Don't you see how much you mattered to all of us, that we love you and want you home? I don't know why you can't see or feel that or what it is that makes you distrust it." Leon seems genuinely perplexed and studies Sophia's face for answers while she dodges eye contact and stares into the closet once more.
• "When I first went with Glenda to her home, I wasn't exactly warm or approachable. I was a pretty miserable person. I was cold and hard to deal with. She called me Ice Queen, or Princess High and Mighty, and I didn't bond with the locals at first. They hated me and was nothing like I am now." Sophia turns an accusing gaze back his way, hoping she's conveying what she wants to with clarity.
• "How can you say you all loved her back then and say nothing about how different she is now? How can you love us both? She's nothing like her. She didn't even like the person she was when she washed up on that island, so why would any of you? She wouldn't even thank you for the things in this wardrobe now.... not the clothes, the expensive shoes, the bags, or jewelry. She has no use or desire for any of it. She wouldn't stand in POLO and have the ability to do her job. She seems like a shallow person with no good qualities or depth. So who do you love exactly as she's not even a shadow of her."