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Chapter 13 - Julian’s First Visit With Lucia Was Supervised

Months passed before Julian held his daughter again.

The first visit happened in a supervised family center.

Lucia was four months old.

Sofia did not attend inside the room.

A professional monitor did.

Julian cried when he saw his daughter.

That surprised no one.

People can cause terrible harm and still have genuine emotions.

He held Lucia carefully.

Asked about feeding.

Asked about sleep.

Then said:

“She looks like Sofia.”

The monitor wrote it down.

Later Julian asked whether he could apologize directly to Sofia.

She declined.

Not yet.

His relationship with Lucia would not be used as a back door into hers.

Parenthood required its own accountability.

Marriage was over.

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Those were separate matters.

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