Chapter 11 - RACHEL'S SLAP
Rachel faced consequences too.
Natalie filed a police complaint over the slap.
Susan witnessed it.
Rachel admitted it.
“She was forcing medicine into my child.”
Context.
Possible defense of child?
Rachel had already removed Rosie before turning and striking Natalie.
That mattered.
Maya said:
“You protected Rosie when you pulled her away.”
Then:
“The slap was anger.”
Rachel hated that distinction.
It was true.
The prosecutor ultimately declined a serious charge, but the incident remained documented and was resolved through a minor diversionary process depending on jurisdiction.
Rachel entered counseling.
Not because Natalie deserved protection from feelings.
Because Rosie had watched.
Rachel did not want her daughter learning:
When someone is wrong, hitting them becomes right.
The bottle scene made the lesson sharper.
Natalie had answered humiliation with escalation too.
Two sisters.
Same family habit:
rage becomes action.
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Different severity.
Same danger.
