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

But understanding motive is different from excusing conduct.

I was learning that constantly.

PART 17 — HANNAH

Hannah understood almost none of it.

Thank God.

She walked through the orchard with a pink bucket.

“Where apples?”

“Someone picked them.”

“Daddy?”

My heart broke.