Clara answers “Thoughts on the ending?”

Frances asked this question about Verity:

Thoughts on the ending?

Clara I have never been a mother so the closest thing I can approximate this to is how much I love my cat. And even though I know it is not very similar, an…moreI have never been a mother so the closest thing I can approximate this to is how much I love my cat. And even though I know it is not very similar, and I do love writing from different perspectives, there is absolutely no goddamn way I could even think about hurting my cat, never mind writing an in depth manuscript about my hatred for her. Doing that towards a fictional character sure, but to someone I know? My DAUGHTER? If I was able to even write it just an exercise, I would feel so absolutely sick about it I would not be able to keep any evidence of it. Sure, maybe the file kept on your computer is one thing. But to print it out... how could you want something like that about someone you love so very much to exist physically?
The more I think about it, the less I believe it. You could not write something like that about someone you love who is still living, never mind someone you so recently lost.
You could not think those thoughts unless they already existed. I call bullshit.(less)

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