Chapter 64 CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR.

Chapter 64 CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR.
​Brianna took the letter from her mother. "He made me promise to give it to you if I ever saw you again. This is the original copy. I haven't read it. But I urge you to keep an open mind and heart when you read it. To err is human, my daughter. And to forgive, divine. That's all I have to say."

​Brianna nodded as she stared at the letter in her hand. It was addressed to Brianna Jackson... her.
​"Thanks, Ma."

​"You've made me the happiest woman alive today, baby. Thank you." Yolanda gave a tremulous smile. "Here is the lawyer's number." She gave Brianna a card. "Call him."

​"I will."

​"And Brianna?"

​"Yes, Ma?"

​"I'm very sorry for what Wendell did to you," she whispered, the anguish in her voice palpable.

​"It's okay, Ma."

​"No, it's not okay." Yolanda said heatedly. "Never think that what he did to you was not a big deal. It was. And never think you were to blame in any way. You weren't. He stole your innocence and for the rest of my days, I'm going to hate myself for allowing that to happen. Living under the same roof with a molester molesting my daughter and not even noticing is unpardonable. That's how wicked what Wendell did to you was. I take full responsibility for what happened and I'm so sorry that you had to go through that."

​"I forgive you all the same," Brianna murmured.

​"The one thing in the world that I should have taken good care of... and I fucked it up so bad." She shook her head sadly.

​"The most important thing is that everything turned out just fine."

​"Well, you obviously got lucky because other people would have been fucked up in the head if what happened to you had happened to them."

​You have no idea, Brianna thought. Aloud, she said: "We'll leave you to get on with the packing. We need to go find a hotel anyway so... See you tomorrow."

​Yolanda didn't bother telling her daughter to sleep in the house because she just knew that she wouldn't want to. "Yes. Will you come for breakfast?" she asked hopefully.

​"If you want us to, we will." Brianna hugged her.

​"I'd love for you to." Yolanda beamed as she walked Brianna to the door. When the door opened, Julian stood up from his seat on the porch and smiled at them. "Wait, Brianna," Yolanda said. "Aren't you going to take your guitar?"

​"No, Ma. Give it away," Brianna said quietly. "I'm sure it will make some kid happy."

​"All right. Bye Julian." Yolanda hugged Julian. "Thanks for everything."

​"Thanks for that amazing meal, Ma'am." Julian hugged her back. "See you tomorrow."

​And as Yolanda watched her daughter and her boyfriend drive off, she felt so at peace and filled with unimaginable happiness. She had been given a second chance. And she vowed in her heart to make up for lost time by loving the hell out of her daughter.