The Son Who Stayed
Chapter 21 — Margaret and Sarah
That same afternoon, the garden gate clicked open, and two women I had come to think of as friends walked down the stone path toward the gazebo.
The first was Margaret, the attorney who had handled the settling of Nora’s estate, a dignified, gray-haired woman with a sleek leather briefcase and a warmth that her professional manner never quite concealed.
Behind her came Sarah, who had been the floor director at St.