My Neighbor Knocked in the Rain and Told Me to Take My Granddaughter Across the Street—From His Window, I Watched My Own Son Enter My House

“Did she tell you?”

“Not enough.”

She studied me.

“Adults are weird.”

“Yes.”

That was safe territory.

PART 41 — ROSALIND AND GUILT

A week later she asked:

“If Mom didn’t leave me money, would Uncle Jason have done it?”

I knew that question was coming.