Yesterday was Bar Mitzvah Day. The sun came up this morning anyway.
Trey went to the ceremony. He said Hale did a very good job. He said Hardy came over to say hello, just as though he hadn't screamed at Trey last week, told him he hated him, he never wanted to see him again, all in front of the school principal, all because Trey had come to school to pick him up at the start of what was supposed to be their weekend together.
It has been almost two years since Narcissa forced Trey out of the house. In the interval, she has devoted herself to destroying any vestige of feeling the boys might have for their father. Why she is doing this is her secret, but it is known that the boys think the breakup is their father's fault. All his fault. By now, Narcissa has described herself to counselors and mediators as begging Trey to stay rather than insisting that he leave. Needless to add, perhaps, she was on the scene at the school when Trey showed up to collect Hardy.
Trey did, after all, get invited to the Bar Mitzvah but not to the party afterward. No member of Trey's family was acknowledged by Hale during the ceremony, even though Trey's father and stepmother flew 3000 miles to attend.
Is there anything left to do about the boys? Other than wait until they grow up and see if their perspectives change? Should Trey keep trying to be a presence in their lives? I think Narcissa wants him to keep trying, keep going to court, keep actively pursuing a fatherly place. She wants him to do that so tshe can keep thwarting him. She is devoting a lot of creative ability to making him suffer, while taking as her due most of the money he earns. In a fair world, she couldn't have it both ways. Alienate the children if you will but they are then your responsibility. Share the children and share the expense.
At the end of the day is still a time of reckoning.
