That was not forgiveness.

It was survival.

PART 9: A House with Actual Laughter

Three years passed in ways I never would have predicted when I left the Brandt estate.

Second Bloom started with one school courtyard and an accessible garden for a woman who wanted to see hummingbirds from her wheelchair.

Our next job was a community library.

Then came a small hotel that needed a courtyard children could play in without trampling the landscaping.

Eva managed clients and operations.