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AI OVERVIEW
THE CONVENIENT ”GHOST OF EDMUND” NARRATIVE OF VIOLET
DURING HER SELECTIVE EXCUSES
Violet:
“I know I have not always been there for you. I know I have not always been the mother you needed. After your father died, I… I was lost. I was so consumed by my own grief that I failed to see yours. I allowed you to take on a burden that was too heavy for anyone, let alone a boy of eighteen. I am so sorry, Anthony. I am so sorry for everything that happened in the days that followed.
“I know I have not always been there for you. I know I have not always been the mother you needed. After your father died, I… I was lost. I was so consumed by my own grief that I failed to see yours. I allowed you to take on a burden that was too heavy for anyone, let alone a boy of eighteen. I am so sorry, Anthony. I am so sorry for everything that happened in the days that followed.
Anthony (geëmotioneerd):
“You do not need to apologize, Mother.”
“You do not need to apologize, Mother.”
Violet:
“I do. Because I see now what it has done to you. I see the walls you have built. I see how you have tried to protect yourself from love because you saw how it destroyed me. But Edmund… he would be so proud of the man you have become. And he would want you to be happy. Not just dutiful. Happy.
“I do. Because I see now what it has done to you. I see the walls you have built. I see how you have tried to protect yourself from love because you saw how it destroyed me. But Edmund… he would be so proud of the man you have become. And he would want you to be happy. Not just dutiful. Happy.