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I don't think it truly is your last answer, Jean. But let's test that.

Because you refused to listen, but feel entitled to be heard. The thing is, you got exactly what you gave, so what's the problem?

You refused to be compassionate yet feel entitled to compassion. You got exactly what you gave. What's the problem?

What it does not bother you to do, it bothers you to receive. You got exactly what you gave. What's the problem?

Not a single thing SHE said got through to YOU. I cared as little for what you said, saw, and felt as you did Jean for what she said, saw, and felt. And yet your response to my indifference baffles me. It is almost as if complete indifference to a speaker's message is, well, wrong somehow.

The "world does not revolve around how a certain person feels." That's the thing, Jean - I don't believe - even for a second - you think the same is true when the person is you.

You needn't respond. I will not be back. I am about as interested in you as you are with Jeanette. Never forget how that made you feel.

Adieu.

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Catherine Pugh, Esq.
Catherine Pugh, Esq.

Written by Catherine Pugh, Esq.

Private Counsel. Former DOJ-CRT, Special Litigation Section, Public Defender; Adjunct Professor (law & undergrad). Developed Race & Law course.

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