Grace nodded.

“That sounds about right.”

She picked up the watering can again.

“When Ethan died, there were days I didn’t know how to get out of bed.

People brought food.

One neighbor sat on my porch for hours without talking because she knew I didn’t want advice.”

Grace glanced at him.

“So when you showed up at my door looking like your world had disappeared, I remembered what it felt like to need someone not to ask too many questions before helping.”