Twelve Days After My Husband Died, My Neighbor Stripped Every Fruit Tree Bare—Then She Told Me Why

Hannah did not bother pretending.

PART 51 — LUCAS BECOMES A FATHER

When Lucas’s first child was born, he brought the baby to Maplewood.

Patrick’s granddaughter.

That sentence felt strange.

Then less strange.

Lucas stood beneath the apple trees holding her.

“What do you think Dad would’ve said?”

I answered:

“He would’ve told you you were holding her wrong.”