Page 155 of Love Unscripted
“I asked her not to say anything yet,” Carlo said.
“Why?”
“Because I didn’t think you would be very supportive. I wanted us to be sure about where we were going before we complicated it.”
Camille looked at them both, her expression sharpening slightly. “Why would you think I wouldn’t support my parents getting back together?”
“Because you’ve never forgiven me for what happened.”
Camille lifted a brow. “You never asked for forgiveness. In fact, you never even said you were sorry.”
Carlo frowned. “Oh come now, Camille. That’s not true. I told you I was sorry.”
She shook her head, certain. “No, you didn’t. I would remember that.”
Her voice didn’t rise, but it grew firmer.
“What Idoremember is you saying you paid the taxes—suggesting the government was lying or had misplaced thefunds. And when I showed you the evidence, you said you did it all for me. That you invested the money instead of giving it to the government. And that I was ungrateful.”
Carlo went silent.
The room grew very still.
Finally, he spoke.
“I was wrong to do that.”
Then he met her gaze—fully this time.
“I am really sorry, Camille. I was wrong to mishandle your money that way. Nothing justified it.”
Camille stared at him, caught off guard.
“You admit it?”
“I do.”
Then Rita spoke, her tone quieter—almost hesitant. “I’m sorry too. I knew he wasn’t paying the taxes.” She said. “I didn’t know everything he was doing with the money but I knew that,” she added quickly. She looked at her daughter with an unfamiliar vulnerability. “Do you forgive us?”
Camille leaned back slowly, taking them in.
“I do,” she said. “But it’s not really me you’ve sinned against.”
They watched her, puzzled.
“Ultimately, it’s God,” she continued. “You both need to repent and throw yourselves on His mercy.”
Her parents exchanged a glance.
Camille leaned forward.
And for the first time in her life, she shared the gospel with them.
She spoke about sin—not just theirs, but everyone’s.
About how all have fallen short of God’s glory.
About Christ coming into the world to save sinners.
