Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again. I woke up thinking I was going into cardiac arrest.
Oh, sweetie. I’m so sorry. x
I hadn’t had a panic attack in ages, so I honestly thought I was over it.
I wish I could help you put that nightmare experience behind you once and for all.
Have you spoken to your therapist about this?
Not recently, but Manderley and Jeremy were all I talked about for the first year after I came home. Maggie says I’ve come a long way since those early days. She thinks I’m ready to cut back to one session a week, which, I guess, is a positive sign.
That’s encouraging. And how do you feel about that?
I thought I was okay with it, but I’m not so sure now.
Well, don’t rush into anything if you’re not ready.
Do what’s best for you, sis.
You’d think after three years, I’d stop having bloody nightmares.
What Jeremy did to you. The hell he put you through ….
He should be rotting in jail as far as I’m concerned.
Not jet-setting all over the world like he is. The nonce.
He can afford to pay people to turn a blind eye, can’t he?
You did the right thing, reporting him to the island authorities.
I’ve said this a million times, and I’ll say it again.
I’m proud of you, Becky. We all are.
I sometimes feel it was all for nothing.
That’s not true!
People are questioning Jeremy Goldstein’s innocence in all of this, aren’t they?
Everyone’s watching his every move.
Still. He walked away scot-free, even after everything he did to me. Meanwhile, the media made me out to be some kind of opportunist, gold-digging, shedevil. Whistleblowers always seem to get the short end of the stick, you know? It’s so unfair.
I know it didn’t go as you hoped, but your going public about his repeated sexual harassment and
gas-lighting should make young women think twice before accepting a job at his resort on Manderley. At the very least, they’ll know to keep their passports locked away so he can’t get his
creepy hands on them. His keeping employees against their will days are over, Becky.
You’ll see. Everything’ll come out in the wash.
All the money in the world won’t save him.
I hope you’re right.
You know I’m right. :)
Have you heard that he’s opening a new luxury hotel in Canary Wharf ? Apparently, a bunch of Hollywood A-listers and politicians are attending the grand opening this coming Friday.
I’ve been following the story closely.
The thought of him here, in my city, makes my stomach turn. I suppose his smug face will be in all the papers, too. Ugh!
I can arrange it so you won’t have to see his smug face ever again.
What do you mean?
Accidents happen all the time.
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First line taken from Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier