Twelve Days After My Husband Died, My Neighbor Stripped Every Fruit Tree Bare—Then She Told Me Why
“He lives next door.”
I stared at her when Lucas told me.
“You told him Patrick was dead?”
Brenda cried.
“I panicked.”
That sentence had done too much work in her life.
PART 26 — LUCAS WAS ANGRY TOO
People assumed Lucas forgave Brenda because he remained close to her.
He did not.
They argued.