Second Chances
“Richard glanced up from his desk. He’d pulled out a stack of reports to work on. He’d spent the last hour staring at them, but hadn’t actually processed any of the information. It was all a blur, the words blending together.
Nichole had left the office twenty minutes earlier. She was still upset, but at least she had stopped crying.
“Direct?” he offered. Meghan stood in the doorway of his office, folding her arms and looking depressed.
“I was going to say ‘mean’,” she replied. “What was Nich...ole supposed to do?”
“Tell the truth,” Richard replied, setting the papers down.
“Easy for you to say,” Meghan said. “But put yourself in her shoes for a minute. What would you have done in her place?”
Richard thought about it for a second. “I don’t know what I would have done. I never really got along with my parents. Certainly not at her age, so the comparison isn’t possible.”
“That’s a coward’s answer.”
“Then maybe I am a coward.”
“You sure are sounding like one right now,”MoreLess
Nichole had left the office twenty minutes earlier. She was still upset, but at least she had stopped crying.
“Direct?” he offered. Meghan stood in the doorway of his office, folding her arms and looking depressed.
“I was going to say ‘mean’,” she replied. “What was Nich...ole supposed to do?”
“Tell the truth,” Richard replied, setting the papers down.
“Easy for you to say,” Meghan said. “But put yourself in her shoes for a minute. What would you have done in her place?”
Richard thought about it for a second. “I don’t know what I would have done. I never really got along with my parents. Certainly not at her age, so the comparison isn’t possible.”
“That’s a coward’s answer.”
“Then maybe I am a coward.”
“You sure are sounding like one right now,”MoreLess
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