Margaret Doyle — The House They Thought Was Theirs

I did not offer to resume managing her life.

I said I hoped she enjoyed the garden in spring.

It was enough.

PART 23

At Christmas, Paige and Daniel came to my apartment with a homemade pie and a package wrapped in brown paper.

Inside was a framed photograph of Walter smiling beside his geranium.

On the back Paige had written, For the woman who taught me that kindness can have boundaries.

We made dinner together.