Or perhaps her feelings for you are too deep for words, and a different communication existed between you two. Or maybe she hadn't finished the sentence, and would have said "carol never does anything hateful". Maybe whoever recounted her words to you didn't remember them clearly, doesn't know how hurt you are. Maybe maybe maybe. Every interaction presents enormous opportunities - what we choose to imagine becomes our reality.
I haven't deleted anything, but that poem may have been quite a while ago. I'll go see if I can find it.
You are very, very kind. Lori's daughter had an audio recording of the conversation. I didn't recount all of it here, and I never will. Suffice to say, she asked Lori (for posterity's sake) to reminisce about the sisters. She had a cute story or fond memory for the other sisters, but for me, she could only say.... that thing she said.
Ah, I didn't think to look at PeakD! I was looking for a comment you'd made to me, reassuring me that to "do nothing" can be a good thing.
She actually said WORSE THINGS after that thing she said, but I'm trying to believe that the weird "I'm sorry" text really was somehow, mystically, generated by Lori, as an actual apology for having said the sh*t she said, but I'm learning that DNA (and even bonemarrow) doth not a sister make.