Mom cried.
Mitch visited.
He told Grandma he was going to marry Avery and that the Lockhearts believed I was dead.
If the truth came out, he said, Avery's family would consider him dishonest.
Grandma's response:
Then he should stop being dishonest.
I missed that woman so much I could barely breathe.
The final pages concerned the land.
She bought it after learning I spent weekends at Ruth Calloway's farm.
Grandma had called Ruth once.
Not to tell her everything.
Just to ask:
“Does Stacey seem safe there?”
Ruth answered:
“Safer than she sounds when she leaves home.”
Grandma bought the neighboring acreage when it came on the market.
She left it to me with one condition:
None.
That was written in bold in the estate memorandum.
NO CONDITIONS.
Not marriage.
Not contact with family.
Not business.
Mine.
She added:
She has had enough rooms attached to conditions.
I cried.
