The following weekend, Taylor invited the family to dinner. She prepared every dish herself and carefully arranged three identical plates around the table.
Tabitha hesitated, expecting another lesson or another argument. Instead, Taylor smiled warmly and invited her to sit beside them.
“Tonight,” Taylor said softly, “everyone eats together.” Colin gently reached for his mother’s hand, and after a long pause, Tabitha accepted the invitation.
It became the first peaceful family dinner they had shared in many years-
