“You’re right.”

PART 20: The Meaning of a Key

When Marian first moved in, I had given her a spare house key with a blue ribbon tied to it.

She kept it beside her glasses on the bedside table.

After the basement incident, I noticed it was missing.

I found it inside her purse a few days later when she asked me to retrieve her tissues.

The ribbon had come loose and the key lay at the bottom beneath her appointment cards.