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

“Why so many?”

“Because too many people had old keys.”

She thought.

“Can Gideon have one?”

I laughed.

“Yes.”

He became the first person outside me and Beatriz to receive an emergency key.

Rosalind approved.

PART 22 — JASON’S LIE ABOUT THE CALL

The lie about Camille became harder for me than the trust scheme.