Dad listened, then shook his head.

She pointed toward the house, and he glanced back only once to make sure I had seen her.

A minute later, my phone rang.

“Corinne, tell your father to stop treating me like a criminal.”

“Why are you here?”

“To see my granddaughter.

She is a Brandt, after all.”

“I’m not comfortable with an unannounced visit.