Thanks be to Ms. EBT.
"Somewhere along the line, we became friends again."
Now she's smiling happily, fully.
"It was really nice. I knew, though, that was all we'd ever be. There was no way a relationship with Edward could happen again, but it was just nice to have him in my life again."
She takes a deep breath and sits back, bringing her knees up and resting her chin on them.
"One day, he was back in Providence. We were having lunch when he just said it. 'I'm sorry.'"
My eyes get wide.
"He'd never apologized for what happened with you. And it wasn't necessarily what he said but how he said it. That's when it hit me that Edward was being sincere. He'd grown up."