I did not agree to give up my home.”

The woman apologized and offered to bring her a plate.

Grandma thanked her and returned to the napkins.

She did not give the room a speech about betrayal.

She corrected the information people had received and went back to the work she chose to do.

Another man told me Robert hoped the family could work things out privately.

“So do I,” Eleanor said before I answered.

“But I cannot sign something merely to make other people comfortable.”