Margaret Doyle — The House They Thought Was Theirs

She wrote that down on a scrap of paper.

The sight made me laugh.

I had once believed useful advice could only come from people whose lives were orderly.

Now I understood that sometimes it came from people who had made every possible mistake and kept going anyway.

PART 22

In November I received a letter from Beverly.

The envelope was addressed in her angular handwriting and contained two pages written on lined stationery.

I expected a demand.