"I know that you weren’t expecting such answer from me when you sent me your letter. But, I felt I needed to see you, to make my point clear. I’d appreciate it if Simone never found out about our meeting; nor about my point of view regarding her life. I’ve been out of her life for so long, I don’t think she needs me to come back now. She has a life of her own, she would feel guilty having me around. I don’t need this. She doesn’t either."

"But, I don’t understand. Are you giving your daughter your blessing to abuse MY daughter?"

"I’ve never been told she was abusing her. And I doubt she is. Senator, my daughter is a sweet person. You should get to know her before judging her so roughly. I know I wish I had more time to discover her. But the facts are that I didn’t. Now, I see your daughter is still young, you can still reach her. If I may advise you, you should try to keep your mother-daughter bound before she cuts it because of your behaviour."

The Senator went deep in thoughts. She knew Simone was a sweet person, she had been brave enough to come all the way to her own house to give Annabelle a present, a cat, for her not to be lonely. She had resigned from the school, thinking she had been unethical and didn’t deserve working there anymore. Annabelle had told her that Simone had refused her a long time before giving in. Simone had been ready to fight to keep Annabelle, even fight her. She did deserve a better judgement. But Hillary couldn’t go above the fact she thought the woman had taken advantage of her daughter’s naivety.

Kicked out of her thoughts by Misses Bradley excusing herself as she left, the senator said "Miss Bradley. Thank you. I don’t know why yet. But thank you. I still think their relationship is not acceptable, I don’t want my daughter to get hurt. So thank you."

Guinevere smiled warmly and made her way to the door. Walking out, she felt slightly proud of herself. Getting in her old sister’s car she felt at peace.

"So? What is she going to do?" Asked Emaculeta.